Re: Does Security matter at all?
On 5 Jul 2000, Brian May wrote:
> As was said somewhere else (maybe even in this mailing list):
>
> 1. rebooting a computer *could* cause suspicion in itself. All you need
> is some autoping system that regularly pings the computer (might not
> be scalable for large networks). In any-case, it is difficult to hide
> a reboot, as uptime will always show it.
Get root.
Install hacked kernel.
Reboot.
Uptime is adjusted upon reboot.
> 2. if the BIOS is password protected, opening up the computer case in
> front of a security camera is potentially very unsafe...
Most(all?) bioses have backdoor passwords.
You could also take out the camera, or take over it's signal.
> 3. Then again, it depends what you are trying to protect, and what
> insecure protocols are being used. Would anyone notice if I set up my
> laptop computer next to a public Unix system, plugged it into the
> network instead, and mounted a "secure" NFS filesystem?
Use a switch, that only allows certain hw addresses, and disables any port
with a foriegn address. Most networks now adays are not wired peer-to-peer.
I say again. If they have physical access, they have the machine, and the
data on it. Period.
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