[Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH] Fix restore handling checks

[Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Michal Novotny writes ("Re: [PATCH] Fix restore handling checks"):
> Why do you think so, Ian? This follows the IDE specifications to 
> disallow read-only IDE disks since the specs doesn't support IDE 
> read-only disks. The only read-only device being supported by IDE specs 
> is the CD-ROM device.

The administrator should be free to violate the IDE specification if
the IDE specification conflicts with their security goals.

Ian.

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