To Tux or not to Tux

[Stephen Partington]

Yes
On Apr 19, 2016 8:26 PM, "Wayne D" <waydavis at centurylink.net> wrote:

> 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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