2009/11/18 Casey Dahlin <cdahlin(a)redhat.com>:
On 11/18/2009 01:22 PM, James Antill wrote:
>
> 3. Are there any attacks due to disk space used? Eg. If /var is low² I
> can probably install enough pkgs to make logging stop.
>
I'm betting there's still enough systems out there without enough space in /usr
for the entire package set.
That's kind of a silly exercise in what-ifs. The default anaconda
partition scheme is /boot, <swap>, and /. If someone wanted to fill up
the disk, they can just write to /tmp on a default install.
Regards,
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McGill University IT Security
Konstantin Ryabitsev
Montréal, Québec