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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news1.digital.com!pa.dec.com!depot.mro.dec.com!nntpd.lkg.dec.com!lead.zk3.dec.com!usenet From: jrichard@paradise.zko.dec.com (John Richardson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux.development.system Subject: Re: The better (more suitable)Unix?? FreeBSD or Linux Followup-To: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux.development.system Date: 09 Feb 1996 15:11:13 GMT Organization: WHATX Lines: 22 Message-ID: <JRICHARD.96Feb9101113@paradise.zko.dec.com> References: <4er9hp$5ng@orb.direct.ca> <4f27sc$13a@dyson.iquest.net> <4f4c78$dsb@aurora.romoidoy.com> <strenDMBHHo.311@netcom.com> <hpa.31167ef4.I.use.Linux@freya.yggdrasil.com> <4fdupc$e36@news1.wing.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: paradise.zko.dec.com In-reply-to: pgf@american.com's message of 8 Feb 1996 22:51:23 GMT Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:13957 comp.os.linux.development.system:17562 > > : mostly because it really turns out that BSD-style synchronous metadata > : updates are slow and buy you very little in terms of data safety, and > : can, in fact, be a security hole. > > whoa -- that's a big accusation for a filesystem that's been relied > on and worked on by a lot of people for a lot of time. what exactly > are you referring to? color me skeptical. (but willing to learn.) Since the metadata is written out before the actual data, if the machine crashes before data is written, the metadata may point to bogus data. This means you may have access to data that someone else thought was deleted. -- John Richardson jrichard@zko.dec.com Digital Equipment Corporation (603) 881-0168 Nashua, NH