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Subject: Re: Firewall and cdrom
From: sdw @ lig . net (Stephen D. Williams)
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 1995 21:28:50 +0000 (GMT)
To: dlu @ bsdi . com
Cc: msangrey @ epix . net, firewalls @ greatcircle . com
In-reply-to: <199501251924 . LAA25063 @ wobble . albatross . com> from "Douglas Urner" at Jan 25, 95 11:23:11 am

> 
> >I just have a simple question:
> >
> >Has any thought been given on the list to running a firewall
> >on a system that runs off of a CDROM? (i.e. no writable media).
> 
> You might also think about running on a BSD 4.4 based system which has
> "immutable" and "append only" files.  This has the advantage of
> providing secure log files.

I'm pretty sure I just read that Linux has these at least partially
implemented.  I need to learn the full semantics...  How strong are
the attributes?

> Doug
> --
> Douglas L. Urner, dlu @
 bsdi .
 com, +1.503.231.8101, 800.800.4273
> 


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