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Re: Sun M-class hardware denial of service
From: Theo de Raadt <deraadt () cvs openbsd org>
Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2008 20:36:17 -0600
On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 08:14:35PM -0600, Theo de Raadt wrote:OpenBSD of course cannot run in a Solaris zone.Right. Glad that is clear.OpenBSD can run in a hardware zone, and when something it does (which we don't know yet) locks up that hardware zone, the only way to get the hardware zone back is to POWER THE MACHINE OFF. That is a lack of hardware zoning, or isolation. That is not what people paid a lot of money for.Yes, we all agree that is bad but this is an OpenBSD specific problem and, whilst interesting, the reality is that there are no going to be many people that are lunatic enough to run an untrusted third party operating system on a machine of this class.
Oh I get it. You can use a "trust relationship with your administrators" to get around the fact that Sun sold a piece of hardware which does not provide the isolation they promised in their white papers and documentation. I guess it is some modern creed. Ask for little, and accept it when you don't even get it.
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- RE: Sun M-class hardware denial of service Michael Wojcik (Sep 10)
- Re: Sun M-class hardware denial of service Micheal Patterson (Sep 10)
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- Re: Sun M-class hardware denial of service Theo de Raadt (Sep 29)
- Re: Sun M-class hardware denial of service Florian Weimer (Sep 29)
- Re: Sun M-class hardware denial of service Theo de Raadt (Sep 29)
- Re: Sun M-class hardware denial of service Florian Weimer (Sep 29)
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- Re: Sun M-class hardware denial of service Brett Lymn (Sep 29)
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- Re: Sun M-class hardware denial of service Brett Lymn (Sep 29)
- Re: Sun M-class hardware denial of service Bob Beck (Sep 30)
- Re: Sun M-class hardware denial of service Theo de Raadt (Sep 29)
- Re: Sun M-class hardware denial of service Bob Beck (Sep 10)