Autor: Arnt Karlsen Fecha: A: dng Asunto: Re: [DNG] ..heads-up: systemd 253+ promises to block forensic
imaging and booting of new hardware
On Wed, 22 Feb 2023 17:41:36 -0500, Hendrik wrote in message
<20230222224136.GB11155@???>:
> On Wed, Feb 22, 2023 at 11:10:58PM +0100, dng@??? wrote:
> > On 22-02-2023 23:07, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> > > On Wed, Feb 22, 2023 at 02:46:00PM -0700, Jonathan Drews via Dng
> > > wrote:
> > > > On Wed, Feb 22, 2023 at 04:06:29PM -0500, Steve Litt wrote:
> > > > > altoid via Dng said on Wed, 22 Feb 2023 13:38:39 -0300
> > > > >
> > > > > > On 22 Feb 2023 at 14:25, Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
> > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > Or maybe he forgot that nvme isn't the only storage
> > > > > > > around ?
> > > > > > Nope ...
> > > > > >
> > > > > > What Poettering forgot or probably never learned about (a
> > > > > > distinct possibility) are the basic underpinnings of
> > > > > > Unix/Linux philosophy.
> > > > > Yes. In fact, in interviews he looks at Linux with scorn, and
> > > > > implies that he's the person to bring Linux up to the
> > > > > wonderful level of Windows and MacOS.
> > > > Why did Linus Torvalds allow systemd to be introduced? Isn't he
> > > > the one ultimately responsible for the adoption of such
> > > > technology?
> > > systemd is *not* part of the kernel.
> > >
> > > -- hendrik
> > > _______________________________________________
> >
> > In the not so far future the kernel will be part of systemd if
> > Poettering gets his way.
>
> Well, the Kinux kernel
..for kicks, I googled this. ;o)
Sadly, only 404's and typo hits.
> is free software under GPL version 2. There
> is nothing stopping Poetering from forking it.
>
> Exccept for the cost of maintanance and updating for new hardware.
...opening a few "secure boot" TPM etc firmware ways...
> But Linus seems to have disdain for Poetterings attempts to
> contribute to the kernel in the past; this will likely continue, so
> P.'s changes will likely not move to the official Linux kernel.
..systemd crash-n-purge code would be nice.
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