From owner-freebsd-security Sat Apr 28 11:34:22 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from point.osg.gov.bc.ca (point.osg.gov.bc.ca [142.32.102.44]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 669F537B422 for ; Sat, 28 Apr 2001 11:34:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by point.osg.gov.bc.ca (8.8.7/8.8.8) id LAA19118; Sat, 28 Apr 2001 11:33:44 -0700 Received: from passer.osg.gov.bc.ca(142.32.110.29) via SMTP by point.osg.gov.bc.ca, id smtpda19116; Sat Apr 28 11:33:37 2001 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by passer.osg.gov.bc.ca (8.11.2/8.9.1) id f3SIXVB18947; Sat, 28 Apr 2001 11:33:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cwsys9.cwsent.com(10.2.2.1), claiming to be "cwsys.cwsent.com" via SMTP by passer9.cwsent.com, id smtpdo18945; Sat Apr 28 11:33:14 2001 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by cwsys.cwsent.com (8.11.3/8.9.1) id f3SIXEP03219; Sat, 28 Apr 2001 11:33:14 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200104281833.f3SIXEP03219@cwsys.cwsent.com> Received: from localhost.cwsent.com(127.0.0.1), claiming to be "cwsys" via SMTP by localhost.cwsent.com, id smtpdWY3215; Sat Apr 28 11:32:42 2001 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.3.1 01/18/2001 with nmh-1.0.4 Reply-To: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group From: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group X-Sender: schubert To: Casey Jones Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Boot Security In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:08:18 CDT." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2001 11:32:42 -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org In message , C asey Jones writes: > > Hello - > > I was hoping some of you could share your thoughts on how to best > secure the FreeBSD boot process. I've taken the time to harden the > system and verify that console and the like are "insecure", but I > would also like to limit anyone from even getting to the "ok" > prompt. > > note that I cannot disable going to this prompt as I may need to. Is > there a way to set a password on it? Lock the machine in a secure location. Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437 Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766 Team Leader, Sun/Alpha Team Internet: Cy.Schubert@osg.gov.bc.ca Open Systems Group, ITSD, ISTA Province of BC To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message