Re: RedHat security

From: Jim Thomas (jthomas@bittware.com)
Date: 06/14/02 

From: Jim Thomas <jthomas@bittware.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2002 09:34:37 -0400

Mikkel Madsen wrote:
>
> Billy O'Connor wrote:
> > Well, if I can sit down at the machine, I can also push the reset
> > button.
>
> Or pull the plug, pull out the harddisk and retrieve all the data I ever
> wanted... :)
> Or put a keybord sniffer on the keyboard cable that will eventually snif
> the root password.
> Or...
> Or...
>
> :-)

No kidding. I had a headless machine tucked away in a closet serving as
a one end of a wireless link. I put it there because that's where radio
reception was ideal, but I had to move it elsewhere, because somebody
kept turning it off. I hung a sign on it that said:

"Leave this computer on. Under no circumstances should this computer be
turned off - EVER."

It had no effect. So I disconnected the power/reset switch internally.
It didn't help, because the power cord was still accessible. This is
when one realizes that perhaps violence IS a viable solution :-\ 

-- 
Jim Thomas            Principal Applications Engineer  Bittware, Inc
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