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Date:      Fri, 09 Nov 2001 08:00:33 -0500
From:      Allen Landsidel <all@biosys.net>
To:        Bart Matthaei <bart@dreamflow.nl>, freebsd-security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: reboot,ctrl+alt+del,shutdown
Message-ID:  <5.1.0.14.0.20011109075933.09030e08@rfnj.org>
In-Reply-To: <20011109081255.A5441@heresy.dreamflow.nl>
References:  <5.1.0.14.0.20011108152203.02deaca0@pop.uniserve.com> <001401c1681b$b37b4310$ab5b96ca@kotamabunga.com> <Pine.LNX.4.33.0111072043550.24824-100000@moroni.pp.asu.edu> <001b01c16814$48a1ea50$22b197ce@ezo.net> <001401c1681b$b37b4310$ab5b96ca@kotamabunga.com> <20011108120634.B965@heresy.dreamflow.nl> <5.1.0.14.0.20011108152203.02deaca0@pop.uniserve.com>

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At 08:12 AM 11/9/2001 +0100, you wrote:

>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.

What about if they have access to just the keyboard and the machine is in a 
locked cabinet?  Would you consider it a valid security question then?


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