From owner-freebsd-current Mon Jan 4 13:03:21 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA04672 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Mon, 4 Jan 1999 13:03:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from hp9000.chc-chimes.com (hp9000.chc-chimes.com [206.67.97.84]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA04656 for ; Mon, 4 Jan 1999 13:03:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from billf@chc-chimes.com) Received: from localhost by hp9000.chc-chimes.com with SMTP (1.39.111.2/16.2) id AA202822677; Mon, 4 Jan 1999 10:11:17 -0500 Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1999 10:11:17 -0500 (EST) From: Bill Fumerola To: Peter Jeremy Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New boot blocks for serial console ... In-Reply-To: <99Jan5.075256est.40325@border.alcanet.com.au> Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 5 Jan 1999, Peter Jeremy wrote: > The energy required to adequately fry the semiconductors could be > easily stored in capacitors within the box - and even rigged to > trigger immediately if the mains disappears (maybe only if the > appropriate incantation is not provided beforehand). 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. - bill fumerola - billf@chc-chimes.com - BF1560 - computer horizons corp - - ph:(800) 252-2421 - bfumerol@computerhorizons.com - billf@FreeBSD.org - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message