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Re: SECURITY PROBLEM: autofs [all versions]



On Sat, Jul 01, 2000 at 09:45:43AM -0700, Alexander Hvostov wrote:
> Thor,
> 
> Disable booting from floppy in BIOS, password protect LILO, install
> chassis intrusion detection system wired to gun turrets with 50mm heavy
> machine guns...
> 
> ...okay, I think I'm going a little overboard here... ;)

 Heck no, wire the MGs to CTRL+ALT+Delete, and to the reset button.  The
level of security gained far outweighs the tiny number of casualties from
Linux actually hanging and needing a reboot :)

-- 
#define X(x,y) x##y
Peter Cordes ;  e-mail: X(peter@llama.nslug. , ns.ca)

"The gods confound the man who first found out how to distinguish the hours!
 Confound him, too, who in this place set up a sundial, to cut and hack
 my day so wretchedly into small pieces!" -- Plautus, 200 BCE



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