From owner-freebsd-current Mon Jan 4 13:29:24 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA07608 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Mon, 4 Jan 1999 13:29:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from helmholtz.salk.edu (helmholtz.salk.edu [198.202.70.34]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA07586 for ; Mon, 4 Jan 1999 13:29:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bartol@salk.edu) Received: from eccles.salk.edu (eccles [198.202.70.120]) by helmholtz.salk.edu (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id NAA01425; Mon, 4 Jan 1999 13:25:52 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1999 13:25:55 -0800 (PST) From: Tom Bartol To: Poul-Henning Kamp cc: Bill Fumerola , Peter Jeremy , current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New boot blocks for serial console ... In-Reply-To: <15919.915484286@critter.freebsd.dk> 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 Mon, 4 Jan 1999, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > 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... > 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