Date: Mon, 2 Dec 1996 23:21:42 -0500 (EST) From: James FitzGibbon <james@nexis.net> To: Joe Diehl <joed@telecom.ksu.edu> Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Securing the freebsd boot process Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.95.961202232032.10881A-100000@teamos2.org> In-Reply-To: <199612030007.SAA22848@telecom.ksu.edu>
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On Mon, 2 Dec 1996, Joe Diehl wrote: > This has probably been discussed a few times in the passed, but I wasn't > around then, so... > > Is there anyway to increase the security of a FreeBSD machine at boot > time? The two points of concern are booting into single user mode > without a password, and hitting Ctrl-C repeatedly while /etc/rc is > executing. Naturally, either of the two will drop the machine to a > root shell. I'm not sure about the /etc/rc issue, but changing /etc/ttys so that 'console' is insecure instead of the default 'secure' will require that the root password be entered for single user mode. -- j. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | James FitzGibbon james@nexis.net | | Integrator, The Nexis Group Voice/Fax : 416 410-0100 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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