Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1999 13:25:55 -0800 (PST) From: Tom Bartol <bartol@salk.edu> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> Cc: Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com>, Peter Jeremy <peter.jeremy@auss2.alcatel.com.au>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New boot blocks for serial console ... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990104132340.53477F-100000@eccles.salk.edu> In-Reply-To: <15919.915484286@critter.freebsd.dk>
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On Mon, 4 Jan 1999, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > 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... > Naaaa! Just whip up a big batch of thermite or shaped charge. Tom To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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