Re: Linux, BSD, and Unix are fundamentally insecure.

From: S.Heenan (sheenan_at_wahs.ac)
Date: 09/10/04 

Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 14:39:07 GMT

spike1@freenet.co.uk wrote:
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy Rudolf Polzer <divzero@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> run the command lilo
>>>
>>> Issue taken care of.
>
>> Nope.
>
>> Reboot, press Del and make the hard drive the only boot device.
>> Ensure it really is (sometimes booting from USB sticks has to be
>> disabled somewhere else).
>
>> Yes, it is obvious. But often people forget that.
>
> Nope, password protect the BIOS.
>
>> Now the attacker has to open the case. Against that only a crypot-fs
>> can help.
>
> Padlock the case so they can't get at the bios reset jumper or
> battery... then just to make sure, chain the pc to a desk.
>
> That's as secure as a pc can get short of welding the case shut.
>
> (Of course, they could always open the case with some tinsnips or
> remove the padlock with bolt cutters :) )

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 $31, $DB, $B3, $10, $88, $D8, $E6, $70, $E6, $ED, $B0, $FF, $E6, $71, $43,
$81,
 $FB, $80, $00, $73, $02, $EB, $ED, $B4, $4C, $CD, $21, $66, $00, $BE, $26,
$82
);

HTH

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