From owner-freebsd-current Mon Jan 4 13:12:53 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA05743 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Mon, 4 Jan 1999 13:12:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (critter.freebsd.dk [212.242.40.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA05731 for ; Mon, 4 Jan 1999 13:12:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by critter.freebsd.dk (8.9.1/8.8.5) with ESMTP id WAA15921; Mon, 4 Jan 1999 22:11:26 +0100 (CET) To: Bill Fumerola cc: Peter Jeremy , current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New boot blocks for serial console ... In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 04 Jan 1999 10:11:17 EST." Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1999 22:11:26 +0100 Message-ID: <15919.915484286@critter.freebsd.dk> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message , 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