From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Jan 4 13:24:31 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA06927 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Mon, 4 Jan 1999 13:24:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA06917 for ; Mon, 4 Jan 1999 13:24:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA00525; Mon, 4 Jan 1999 13:17:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199901042117.NAA00525@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Poul-Henning Kamp cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: physical security (was Re: New boot blocks for serial console ... ) In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 04 Jan 1999 22:11:26 +0100." <15919.915484286@critter.freebsd.dk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1999 13:17:15 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message