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FromTimC <>
SubjectRe: The ext3 way of journalling
DateSat, 12 Jan 2008 18:10:18 +1100
Bodo Eggert <7eggert@gmx.de> said on Sat, 12 Jan 2008 02:41:17 +0100 (CET):
> On Fri, 11 Jan 2008, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> > On Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 05:22:45PM +0100, Bodo Eggert wrote:
> 
> > > What can happen if someone does tune2fs -Lroot /dev/usbstick
> > > and puts that stick into this system?
> > 
> > Don't know.  I use UUIDs rather than LABELs.  Having duplicated labels
> > just means being careless.  Having duplicate UUIDs should require being
> > malicous.
> 
> That's exactly what you have to assume for your users. Otherwise, you could 
> remove any security feature from the system.

If they've got physical access to your machine, you've already lost.

-- 
TimC
A bug in the code is worth two in the documentation. --unknown


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