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Date:      Wed, 11 Feb 1998 13:05:37 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Steve Hovey <shovey@buffnet.net>
Cc:        Carl Marrelli <carl@dlt.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Security
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980211130449.1447M-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.95.980211145413.19686C-100000@buffnet11.buffnet.net>

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On Wed, 11 Feb 1998, Steve Hovey wrote:

> > Is FreeBSD C2 security standards compliant ??  If so, what version did
> > these security features debut ??
> 
> No it is not - I believe to be C2 you must not be able to gain access to
> the disks even from the console of the machine itself without a valid
> userid and password - and with FreeBSD you can boot with -s to bring it up
> standalone as root.

That can be overridden if you set the console as `insecure'; you'll be
prompted for a password when you start single user mode.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major



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