From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Feb 1 20:38:51 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA29868 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 1 Feb 1998 20:38:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from k5qwb.lonestar.org (Dal-VD1-125.anet-dfw.com [207.227.175.25]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA29808 for ; Sun, 1 Feb 1998 20:38:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from lrk@k5qwb.lonestar.org) Received: (from lrk@localhost) by k5qwb.lonestar.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id WAA12230; Sun, 1 Feb 1998 22:40:48 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <199802020440.WAA12230@k5qwb.lonestar.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD boot banner (securing FreeBSD) To: dec@phoenix.its.rpi.edu (David E. Cross) Date: Sun, 1 Feb 1998 22:40:47 -0600 (CST) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Reply-To: lrkn@anet-dfw.com In-Reply-To: from "David E. Cross" at "Feb 1, 98 04:05:18 pm" From: lrkn@anet-dfw.com X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL22 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG X-To-Unsubscribe: mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org "unsubscribe questions" > On Sat, 31 Jan 1998, Karl Pielorz wrote: > > > Remove the floppy drive? - and secure the case (with a padlock)?... > > I am not looking for that level of security; I am mostly just curious. > By the same token, I am hoping that there would be some way of preventing > a person from circumventing FreeBSDs security than just walking up to a > machine with 2 disks. Sun, with their NVRAM password accomplishes this; > you need to actually open the case (which can also be easily secured), and > without loosing functionality. The equivalent solution that I can see is > to remove the floppy drive, and that looses the functionality of the > floppy drive from within the program. At least take the keyboard when you leave. Most machines will boot without it if you disable the test in the bios. -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- | 73, E-mail | lrkn@anet-dfw.com | | Lyn Kennedy webpage | http://webusers.anet-dfw.com/~lrkn/ | | K5QWB pony express = P.O. Box 5133, Ovilla, TX, USA 75154 | ---Livin' on an information dirt road a few miles off the superhighway---