Subject: Re: OK to allow raw SCSI requests on tapes?
To: None <perry@piermont.com>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: tech-kern
Date: 07/16/1998 14:00:37
On Thu, 16 Jul 1998 16:41:08 -0400 
 "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com> wrote:

 > Should the raw scsi commands not be conditionalized on being in a low
 > enough secure level, for obvious reasons?

no, the restriction should be "have device open for writing, unless command
doens't change the device's state".

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