To Tux or not to Tux

[Wayne D]

Ya know, I got to thinking.  Couldn't I simply revert to NON-IMMUTABLE, update, then IMMUTABLE again?  It IS a flag is it not?

chattr +i /path/to/filename


On 04/19/2016 06:24 PM, Brian Cluff wrote:
> Correct, but you have to ask yourself, do you really need updates for a box that even if it gets infected can't hold onto an
> infection between loads of the VM.
>
> That being said, getting something like cryptolocker would really suck, so you might want to come up with a procedure so that the
> machine gets updated periodically but goes right back to being locked down, but if he's only using the system for strictly the bare
> minimum, the likelihood of getting an infection is slim to none.
>
> Brian Cluff
>
> On 04/19/2016 05:04 PM, Wayne D wrote:
>> Just so (I) am clear on this:  A VM setup this way cannot get winblows updates either... correct?  It would literally be frozen in
>> time.
>
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