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- From: jsr@dexter.mi.org (Jay S. Rouman)
- Subject: Re: Linus security/Non root access
- Message-ID: <BtCGLp.Kuw@dexter.mi.org>
- Organization: Private System, Mt. Pleasant, MI, USA
- References: <1992Aug21.041250.21094@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu>
- Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 17:29:48 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug21.041250.21094@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu> jjk1@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (Konsultant Josh/fuzzy.happy.green.box) writes:
- >Yes, anyone will be able to get into your system as root by booting
- >from floppy (this discussion came up a while ago, and we have some
- >very strongly opinionated people as to what should be done :-).
- > [...]
- >The "best" solution seems to be going with the password-protected
- >BIOS.
-
- This is essentially what Sun does. It's a passworded boot prom, but
- the effect is the same. However, keep in mind that once someone has
- physical access to a machine, most of the security battle is already
- lost. They can always remove the disk drive and move it to another
- machine, if they can't get around your password system. I have been
- taught to make the machine as secure as possible from dialin and
- network attacks and let it go at that. If the bad guy has physical
- access, it's only a matter of time.
- --
- Jay S. Rouman (jsr@dexter.mi.org)
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