From owner-freebsd-security Thu Nov 8 23:26:48 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from warez.scriptkiddie.org (uswest-dsl-142-38.cortland.com [209.162.142.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1CB2E37B417 for ; Thu, 8 Nov 2001 23:26:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.69.11] (unknown [192.168.69.11]) by warez.scriptkiddie.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A0D562D01; Thu, 8 Nov 2001 23:26:45 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 23:26:43 -0800 (PST) From: Lamont Granquist To: Bart Matthaei Cc: Subject: Re: reboot,ctrl+alt+del,shutdown In-Reply-To: <20011109081255.A5441@heresy.dreamflow.nl> Message-ID: <20011108232136.M5084-100000@coredump.scriptkiddie.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org If you extend security to include security from accidental mistakes then this most certainly does become appropriate. It prevents MCSEs from hitting ctrl-alt-del when they see the "Login: " prompt. On Fri, 9 Nov 2001, Bart Matthaei wrote: > On Thu, Nov 08, 2001 at 03:22:59PM -0800, Landon Stewart wrote: > > Although its answered in the FAQ already, its definately security > > related. Physical security is the one of the most over looked security issues. > > If someone has physical access to a machine, stopping him from > rebooting with cntrl+alt+del wont do squat.. He can always flip the > reset button, or unplug the cable. So I dont think disabling > cntrl+alt+del is relevant in security. Therefor, its not a > freebsd-security question. Imho, that is. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message