Date: Wed, 11 Feb 1998 18:06:48 -0400 (AST) From: Michael Richards <miker@scifair.acadiau.ca> To: shovey@buffnet.net, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Security Message-ID: <199802112206.SAA24704@scifair.acadiau.ca> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.95.980211145413.19686C-100000@buffnet11.buffnet.net> from Steve Hovey at "Feb 11, 98 02:55:10 pm"
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> > Is FreeBSD C2 security standards compliant ?? If so, what version did > > these security features debut ?? > > No it is not - I believe to be C2 you must not be able to gain access to > the disks even from the console of the machine itself without a valid > userid and password - and with FreeBSD you can boot with -s to bring it up > standalone as root. If this is the only thing FreeBSD needs to be C2 compliant, maybe someone could come up with some kind of fix where your username and password can optionally be put in the boot block so you need it to give any startup options on bootup. Then use the bios to stop flopy bootups. Would that satisfy the requirements? -mike To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe questions" in the body of the message
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