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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe questions" in the body of the message
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