Leraje to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 8 months agoMullvad Annouce Removal Of All Disk Infrastructure - Now RAM Onlymullvad.netexternal-linkmessage-square133fedilinkarrow-up1907file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.mltechnology@lemmy.worldhackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanshackernews@derp.foo
arrow-up1907external-linkMullvad Annouce Removal Of All Disk Infrastructure - Now RAM Onlymullvad.netLeraje to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 8 months agomessage-square133fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.mltechnology@lemmy.worldhackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanshackernews@derp.foo
Today we announce that we have completely removed all traces of disks being used by our VPN infrastructure!
minus-square@4am@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish10•8 months agoI believe the edge devices would use netboot, so they load the kernel and user land into RAM over a network and have no disk in them at all. Here’s hoping that image stays clean😉
minus-square@viking@infosec.publinkfedilink1•8 months agoRight, I mean that the boot image is stored somewhere in a solid state. Whether that’s on a centralized server or locally, no clue. But makes sense to load it remotely, easier to maintain proper versioning that way and ensure cross-compatibility.
I believe the edge devices would use netboot, so they load the kernel and user land into RAM over a network and have no disk in them at all.
Here’s hoping that image stays clean😉
Right, I mean that the boot image is stored somewhere in a solid state. Whether that’s on a centralized server or locally, no clue. But makes sense to load it remotely, easier to maintain proper versioning that way and ensure cross-compatibility.