Bug#56821: Important security hole: mbr allows anyone to boot from a floppy.

To: Randolph Chung <tausq@debian.org>
Cc: 56821@bugs.debian.org, Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>, pb@enst.fr, sam@infres.enst.fr
Subject: Bug#56821: Important security hole: mbr allows anyone to boot from a floppy.
From: Thomas Quinot <thomas@cuivre.fr.eu.org>
Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2000 09:03:30 +0100
Message-id: <[🔎] 20000202090330.B973@cuivre.fr.eu.org>
Reply-to: thomas@cuivre.fr.eu.org, 56821@bugs.debian.org
In-reply-to: <[🔎] 20000201202503.L22865@tausq.org>; from tausq@debian.org on Tue, Feb 01, 2000 at 08:25:03PM -0700
References: <[🔎] 20000201182948.C5FD72AB3B@melchior.cuivre.fr.eu.org> <[🔎] 20000201141756.A7238@visi.net> <[🔎] 20000201225548.B29296@cuivre.fr.eu.org> <[🔎] 20000201204924.C7238@visi.net> <[🔎] 20000202030045.A31496@cuivre.fr.eu.org> <[🔎] 20000201202503.L22865@tausq.org>

Le 2000-02-02, Randolph Chung écrivait :

> are going to try to install the mbr with the floppy option turned off....
> (install-mbr --enable -F)

This looks like a satisfactory stopgap measure.

Thanks for your help,
Thomas.

-- 
    Thomas.Quinot@Cuivre.FR.EU.ORG

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References:
- Bug#56821: Important security hole: mbr allows anyone to boot from a floppy.
  - From: Thomas Quinot <thomas@cuivre.fr.eu.org>
- Bug#56821: Important security hole: mbr allows anyone to boot from a floppy.
  - From: Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>
- Bug#56821: Important security hole: mbr allows anyone to boot from a floppy.
  - From: Thomas Quinot <thomas@cuivre.fr.eu.org>
- Bug#56821: Important security hole: mbr allows anyone to boot from a floppy.
  - From: Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>
- Bug#56821: Important security hole: mbr allows anyone to boot from a floppy.
  - From: Thomas Quinot <thomas@cuivre.fr.eu.org>
- Bug#56821: Important security hole: mbr allows anyone to boot from a floppy.
  - From: Randolph Chung <tausq@debian.org>

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