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Date:      Mon, 04 Jan 1999 13:17:15 -0800
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>
Cc:        chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   physical security (was  Re: New boot blocks for serial console ... )
Message-ID:  <199901042117.NAA00525@dingo.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 04 Jan 1999 22:11:26 %2B0100." <15919.915484286@critter.freebsd.dk> 

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moved to -chat...

> >So killing the power would destroy the computer. That is one helluva
> >denial of service attack. Screw nestea2 and the script kiddies, all I need
> >is a pair of bolt cutters.
> 
> Well, to some people that is better than them getting access to
> the data.  Usually though, you'll also need a very large crane to
> lift the thing and the concrete foundation it is bolted onto to
> get to the wires...

Crap.  Go out into the street and cut them there.  Use thermite on the 
junction box.  Bribe a local supply company technician to arrange an 
"outage".  Bulldoze through the corner of the building and push 
the entire thing into the back of a dump truck (this is how you steal 
an ATM).

-- 
\\  Sometimes you're ahead,       \\  Mike Smith
\\  sometimes you're behind.      \\  mike@smith.net.au
\\  The race is long, and in the  \\  msmith@freebsd.org
\\  end it's only with yourself.  \\  msmith@cdrom.com



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