31 May
2019
31 May
'19
10:06 p.m.
On 31 May 2019 09:05 -0600, from beebe(a)math.utah.edu (Nelson H. F. Beebe):
Some of the key ZFS features are:
/snip/
* snapshots are readonly, and thus, immune to ransomware
attacks;
Let's hope said ransomware isn't smart enough to run "zfs list X -t
snapshot" and "zfs destroy X@Y".
And while "zfs list" is Mostly Harmless, let's hope the sysadmin is
smart enough to not let arbitrary users run "zfs destroy" anything
important.
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