Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1999 22:26:39 +0100 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: physical security (was Re: New boot blocks for serial console ... ) Message-ID: <16033.915485199@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 04 Jan 1999 13:17:15 PST." <199901042117.NAA00525@dingo.cdrom.com>
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In message <199901042117.NAA00525@dingo.cdrom.com>, Mike Smith writes: > >moved to -chat... > >> >So killing the power would destroy the computer. That is one helluva >> >denial of service attack. Screw nestea2 and the script kiddies, all I need >> >is a pair of bolt cutters. >> >> Well, to some people that is better than them getting access to >> the data. Usually though, you'll also need a very large crane to >> lift the thing and the concrete foundation it is bolted onto to >> get to the wires... > >Crap. Go out into the street and cut them there. Use thermite on the >junction box. Bribe a local supply company technician to arrange an >"outage". Bulldoze through the corner of the building and push >the entire thing into the back of a dump truck (this is how you steal >an ATM). Sure, go for it. But it still doesn't reveal any data... -- Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop." "ttyv0" -- What UNIX calls a $20K state-of-the-art, 3D, hi-res color terminal To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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