From: Oliver Neukum <oliver@neukum.org>
To: Andreas Steinmetz <ast@domdv.de>
Cc: pavel@suse.cz, Linux Kernel Mailinglist <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] zero disk pages used by swsusp on resume
Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2005 22:03:29 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200504102203.29602.oliver@neukum.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <42597E99.8010802@domdv.de>
Am Sonntag, 10. April 2005 21:29 schrieb Andreas Steinmetz:
> Oliver Neukum wrote:
> > What is the point in doing so after they've rested on the disk for ages?
>
> The point is not physical access to the disk but data gathering after
> resume or reboot.
After resume or reboot normal access control mechanisms will work
again. Those who can read a swap partition under normal circumstances
can also read /dev/kmem. It seems to me like you are putting an extra
lock on a window on the third floor while leaving the front door open.
Regards
Oliver
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-04-10 20:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-04-10 13:13 Andreas Steinmetz
2005-04-10 18:40 ` Oliver Neukum
2005-04-10 19:29 ` Andreas Steinmetz
2005-04-10 20:03 ` Oliver Neukum [this message]
2005-04-10 20:14 ` Pavel Machek
2005-04-11 3:23 ` Elladan
2005-04-11 10:14 ` Pavel Machek
2005-04-11 7:13 ` Stefan Seyfried
2005-04-11 10:37 ` Oliver Neukum
2005-04-11 16:39 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2005-04-11 17:02 ` Andreas Steinmetz
2005-04-11 21:27 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2005-04-12 10:08 ` Andreas Steinmetz
2005-04-11 14:18 ` Jan Niehusmann
2005-04-10 15:03 Pavel Machek
2005-04-10 15:15 ` [PATCH] " Andreas Steinmetz
2005-04-10 18:18 ` Pavel Machek
2005-04-10 18:45 ` Oliver Neukum
2005-04-10 18:56 ` Pavel Machek
2005-04-10 19:33 ` Andreas Steinmetz
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