Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1999 19:38:46 +0100 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com> Cc: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>, Tom Bartol <bartol@salk.edu>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New boot blocks for serial console ... Message-ID: <14874.915475126@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 04 Jan 1999 10:09:05 PST." <38397.915473345@zippy.cdrom.com>
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In message <38397.915473345@zippy.cdrom.com>, "Jordan K. Hubbard" writes: >> Not at all. Ever heard of a padlock? > >Give me physical access to your machine, with or without a padlock, >and I'll have root on that baby before you have a chance to come back >from lunch. > >I think the original comment that there's no security without physical >security has definite merit. The NSA learned this decades ago! :) Uhm, well there is, but it is called "tamper-proof hardware" and costs a fortune. -- Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop." "ttyv0" -- What UNIX calls a $20K state-of-the-art, 3D, hi-res color terminal To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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