Re: root password forgotten
>
> Wow, I kind of knew there were ways to gain root access or even find out
> the root password quite easily, but that's really really easy...
>
> On every standard Debian install, anybody can gain the root password
> within minutes (given the attacker has phyiscal access to the box):
>
(warning this is a fairly direct email and is not intended as a flame, rather
it is trying to be blunt and carry a point)
The answer is -- if they can touch your machine you have lost. *PERIOD*. End
of discussion. This has been hammered to death on more lists than I can
remember.
Even if lilo is secured you still have booting media, case hacking, etc. Just
put the whole thing in a cage and make it so they can not reboot. Otherwise
you are wasting your time.
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