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Subject: Re: [9fans] iSCSI
From: Richard Miller <miller@hamnavoe.demon.co.uk>
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Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 09:22:14 +0000
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> ... what if I've just been dying to get my hands on ip routable
> disk blocks?  Why just imagine the breaches, err, uses that will
> arise from such functionality.

Early versions of SunOS used a block-oriented "Network Disk" protocol
over IP to serve root and swap to diskless clients.  It was not
particularly secure ...