Re: security issue: hard disk lock

[Horst von Brand]

Jonas Diemer <diemer@xxxxxx> said:

[...]

> I figured there could be a kernel compiled-in option that will make the
> kernel lock all drives found during bootup. then, a malicous program
> would need to install a different kernel in order to harm the drive,
> which would be much more secure.

Doing it in initrd should be plenty of time, no need to involve the kernel.
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