On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 12:44:01PM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: > hello all > > i do not know if this is a security issue. but this is surprising. > > there is a win9x application - e2fs that can explore linux partitions on > dual boot machines. > > here is the homepage > > http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/ > > i have tried the program. basic procedure is boot the machine in windows > and run e2fs. you can browse entire linux partition. who cares about > file permissions! > > most importantly, is there a way to prevent this?
As others have said, physical access to the machine means problems whichever way. Setting a BIOS password might slow down an attacker somewhat (but they can still take the machine apart and remove the BIOS battery). - Chris __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your site http://webhosting.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
