Leraje@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoMullvad Annouce Removal Of All Disk Infrastructure - Now RAM Onlymullvad.netexternal-linkmessage-square123fedilinkarrow-up1897arrow-down110file-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
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Today we announce that we have completely removed all traces of disks being used by our VPN infrastructure!
minus-square4am@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 year 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-squareviking@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year 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.