Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 19:13:21 -0500 (EST) From: Chris BeHanna <behanna@zbzoom.net> To: <security@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: reboot,ctrl+alt+del,shutdown Message-ID: <20011109191222.U35109-100000@topperwein.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.0.20011109173353.00b00c48@rfnj.org>
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On Fri, 9 Nov 2001, Allen Landsidel wrote:
> At 02:07 PM 11/9/2001 +0100, Bart Matthaei wrote:
>
> >2. Disabling cntrl+alt+del wont stop any malicious user. It will
> >only happening.
>
> (blahblah stop this thread blahblah)
>
> If the keyboard is the only means of physical access then it certainly can
> stop a malicious user.. a malicious user who say... wants to reboot into
> single user mode, which if you were not aware, does not require a password.
It does if you set the console to "insecure" in /etc/ttys.
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Chris BeHanna
Software Engineer (Remove "bogus" before responding.)
behanna@bogus.zbzoom.net
I was raised by a pack of wild corn dogs.
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