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- From: stanb@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com (Stan Bischof)
- Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 18:31:59 GMT
- Subject: Re: HP 9000/370, no root password!
- Message-ID: <430131@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com>
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Santa Rosa, CA
- Path: sparky!uunet!charon.amdahl.com!pacbell.com!mips!sdd.hp.com!hpscdc!hplextra!hpl-opus!hpnmdla!stanb
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
- References: <1992Aug15.022529.7176@mccc.edu>
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- In comp.sys.hp, good@gdwest.gd.com (David L. Good) writes:
-
- >That's certainly an interesting "feature". Is there any way to prevent
- >this from occuring? We have a network of ~60 350s, and I'd hate to have
- >users be able to be superuser anytime they want just by cycling power on
- >a workstation!
-
- First rule of computer security:
-
- If you allow physical access, there ain't no security
-
- Since the disk itself has no security system built in, how could you even
- conceivably stop me from doing about anything I want to your disk if
- you allow me physical access to it?
-
- Stan Bischof
- HPSR
-
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- NOTE: This is strictly my personal opinion and
- in no way reflects that of my employer.
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