On Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 07:49:30PM +0100, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > Tyler MacDonald wrote: > > Have you put a password on your bootloader (GRUB, etc) to restrict changing > > the boot parameters?
> The same applies to the bios. Otherwise someone could just switch off > the machine, enter a knoppix-cd or boot over usb/ethernet etc. and reset > the root password via the rescue medium. Once you've gotten that far, don't forget to consider putting the box inside a cage, or at least using a case lock. Otherwise someone could just pop it open and reset the BIOS (either with a jumper or just remove the battery in most cases), then use that boot CD you were talking about. As was said earlier in the thread, it's all a matter of risk assessment... -- I would rather be exposed to the inconvenience attending too much Liberty than those attending too small degree of it. - Thomas Jefferson -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
