(please, don´t Cc me on list-mail) On Mon, 03 Sep 2001 17:10:31 PDT, Alvin Oga writes: >extremely hard to protect a server if people have physical access >to it... > - they can hit ctrl-alt-delete > ( remove that option from /etc/inittab if you dont like anyone > rebooting it ) > - you can xlock your console ( they'd need passwd to get in ) > - they can pop up other virtual consoles... > - dont leave any virtual consoles open > >- if you are worried about dataloss... > - prevent physical access to unauthorized users Or at least, remove the keyboard. Simple, but relatively effective in terms of making it more sumptous for malicious persons. Remember, all you have to achieve is to make it not worth their time to mess around with what they shouldn´t. cheers, &rw -- -- Prof: So the American government went to IBM to come up with -- a data encryption standard and they came up with ... -- Student: EBCDIC! ----
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