bug#24217: dd - root partition security

[Assaf Gordon]

retitle 24217 dd: add root partition checks/confirmation
severity 24217 wishlist
tags 24217 wontfix
close 24217
stop

(triaging old bugs)

On 2016-08-13 8:15 a.m., Pádraig Brady wrote:
> On 13/08/16 12:34, David Hedlund wrote:
> > rm / # do not remove root partition
> > rm -f / will remove root partition
> >
> > In my opinion:
> >
> > 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.

With no further comments in 2 years,
I'm closing this bug.
Discussion can continue by replying to this thread.

-assaf