Re: ***HUGE*** security hole??!! (Re: Lost root passwd)
On 12 Oct 98 21:21:48 GMT, "Steve Lamb" <morpheus@teleute.ml.org>
wrote:
> Basic Unix Secruity 101 - If the person has physical access to the
>machine, there *IS* *NO* *SECURITY*. Want proof?
>
> I pop the HD out, place it as slave on my machine, mount what I want, end
>of story. Before this thread goes any further I recommend that anyone who
>considers this a "threat" that is addressable by Debian to go read "Practical
>Unix Security" from O'Reilly and Associates. Esp. anything relating to the
>physical security of the machine.
That's what cryptographic filesystems are designed to cope with.
Rob Wilderspin
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"But I need it to crash once every few days -
reboots are the only chance I get to sleep..."
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