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Re: Routers vs. PC's for routing - was list problems?


From: Henry Yen <henry () AegisInfoSys com>
Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 19:04:57 -0400


On Thu, May 23, 2002 at 09:38:18AM +0000, E.B. Dreger wrote:
BSD enforces append-only when running proper securelevel.  AFAIK,
Linux lacks this attribute, and root can disable the so-called
"immutable" attrib.

i think that modern linuxes have both of these capabilities,
but they need to be compiled into the kernel (they're actually
called "capabilities", as in capability.h), so they're cumbersome
to use.

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Henry Yen                                       Aegis Information Systems, Inc.
Senior Systems Programmer                       Hicksville, New York


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