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bug#24217: dd - root partition security
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From: |
Pádraig Brady |
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Subject: |
bug#24217: dd - root partition security |
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Date: |
Sat, 13 Aug 2016 15:15:02 +0100 |
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On 13/08/16 12:34, David Hedlund wrote:
> rm / # do not remove root partition
> rm -f / will remove root partition
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> In my opinion:
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> dd of=/dev/sda # will destroy sda even if it is a root partition, it
> should not
> dd -f of=/dev/sda # -f flag do not exists for dd, it should be added so
> it can force a write if the previous step is implemented
Since dd is a lower level and much less widely/frequently used tool,
I don't think it's warranted.