Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1999 22:11:26 +0100 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> To: Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com> Cc: Peter Jeremy <peter.jeremy@auss2.alcatel.com.au>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New boot blocks for serial console ... Message-ID: <15919.915484286@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 04 Jan 1999 10:11:17 EST." <Pine.HPP.3.96.990104101032.6101D-100000@hp9000.chc-chimes.com>
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In message <Pine.HPP.3.96.990104101032.6101D-100000@hp9000.chc-chimes.com>, Bill Fumerola writes: >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. 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... -- 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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