Re: RedHat security

From: Begbie (i.dont.want.to.get.email@from.you)
Date: 06/15/02 

From: Begbie <i.dont.want.to.get.email@from.you>
Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2002 16:35:03 +0300

Jim Thomas wrote:

> 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 :-\
>
Hire a guard/guards?

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