[48270] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Routers vs. PC's for routing - was list problems?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dan Hollis)
Sat May 25 03:06:32 2002
Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 11:56:39 -0700 (PDT)
From: Dan Hollis <goemon@anime.net>
To: "Rowland, Alan D" <alan_r1@corp.earthlink.net>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <AD74E2EC6D5BEA47BCB067EB69D30AD205E547A8@petrified.mis.earthlink.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Fri, 24 May 2002, Rowland, Alan D wrote:
> AFAIK standard (non-proprietary) CompactFlash, SmartCards, Memory Stick, et
> al, are seen as (removable) storage with typical allowed attributes. I can
> set a file/folder/card to 'locked' in my camera but when plugged into the
> computer this will show as 'read only.'
"read-only" is a filesystem attribute. You can still format the card and
kill the filesystem. Not good for a secure router.
The only consumer flash card with physical write protect switch is the
"Secure Digital" stuff, afaik.
-Dan
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