Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1999 23:15:46 -0800 (PST) From: Nicole Harrington <nicole@nmhtech.com> To: Tom Bartol <bartol@salk.edu> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG, Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> Subject: Re: New boot blocks for serial console ... Message-ID: <XFMail.990105231546.nicole@nmhtech.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990104090519.53477D-100000@eccles.salk.edu>
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On 04-Jan-99 Tom Bartol wisely wrote:
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> On Mon, 4 Jan 1999, Garrett Wollman wrote:
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>> <<On Mon, 4 Jan 1999 09:01:34 -0800 (PST), Tom Bartol <bartol@salk.edu>
>> said:
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>> >> Not at all. Ever heard of a padlock?
>>
>> > Well, then, there's your solution!
>>
>> No, because it still doesn't prevent someone from walking up to the
>> machine and telling it to boot something it shouldn't.
>>
>> What we're trying to achieve is an environment where the worst thing
>> someone could do is cause the machine to reboot.
>>
>
> Then what you need is an untouchable machine in the hardware AND software
> sense. Padlock the room where the machine sits, get a UPS with plenty
> reserve power, and don't put it the machine on the net. Probably not a
> very useful machine when you're all done doing that :-)
>
Say.. Isn't that how MS NT got its security rating <G>
Nicole
> Sorry, I'm just jerking you around here, you're original idea about have a
> streamlined boot process is a good one, I'm just pointing out that this is
> really just a deterrent, like all other security measures as there really
> is no absolute solution to achieve absolute security.
>
> Tom
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