Udo Rader said onto me: ------------------------------------------------------------------ |thats why we have our servers under 3meters of concrete and behind |multiple access-control systems ... unless mcguyver comes along and uses |his swiss pocketknife to disengage all entrance barriers ;-)) and duck tape......can't forget the duck tape | |even on enterprise they still have those bad aliens compromizing their |systems sometimes ... | |my point: there is no such thing as computer security that is really |secure. only chance: don't use a computer ... | |udo | |Am Mon, 2002-06-03 um 23.58 schrieb M@rtin Ign@cio L@nge: |> Restoring Bios to defaults its only a matter of opening the Case and in |> the mother change a jumper from 1-2 to 2-3... give power to the computer |> for 5 seconds and then restoring again to 1-2 the jumper. That's it, in |> the mos complicated scenario the thing you have to do is get together |> pole + with pole - with a wire. And that's it too. |> |> |> |> Martin Ignacio Lange |> "Justifica tus limitaciones y ciertamente las tendras" |> "Knowledge is Power" |> |> Mails: |> |> 1) [EMAIL PROTECTED] |> 2) [EMAIL PROTECTED] |> 3) [EMAIL PROTECTED] |> 4) [EMAIL PROTECTED] |> |> Icq #: 17492486 |> Tel: 4746-3426 |> Cel: 154-994-5526 |> |> |> -----Original Message----- |> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Ken Hawkins |> Sent: Lunes, 03 de Junio de 2002 06:08 p.m. |> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |> Subject: Re: [expert] A Linux Virus on the loose. |> |> darklord wrote: |> > |> > On Monday 03 June 2002 11:39 am, you wrote: |> > > And this leads to the simple conclusion that if one has physical |> access to |> > > a computer, then security is largely out the window. Any clown |> could come |> > > in and bootup with a rescue disk (addressing the linux aspect) and |> do |> > > whatever to your drives. If they had the time, they could also |> bring in a |> > > set of linux distro disks and reinstall linux their way. |> > > |> > > The only way to prevent this is to turn off the booting from CD in |> bios and |> > > password protecting bios, but then, with physical access it is |> trivial to |> > > kill the bios password (just crack the case and remove the mobo |> battery for |> > > a minute - bios settings are back to default and accessible without |> a |> > > password). |> |> Unless your mobo flashroms the password; came across this and had to get |> tech support to explain that first you must remove the battery, THEN you |> must pull a jumper, then you must short out some pins on the BIOS chip |> where it is soldered to the board....little paranoid maybe? |> |> |> |> > > |> > > Thus, I see no harm at all in hearing the means one would use to |> create a |> > > UID 0 person, append them to passwd and create an appropriately |> > > formatted/encrypted shadow password for them in /etc/shadow. |> > > |> > > praedor |> > |> > Hehehehe, I've got mine disabled in BIOS, and my case is hardware |> locked. Of |> > course, if someone has access to my system, then they've already |> gotten into |> |> |> |> |> ---- |> | |> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? |> Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com | | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------ -- 같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같� David L. Steiner Registered Linux User #262493 Mandrake 8.2 Enlightenment 0.16.5 Sylpheed 0.7.5claws Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: www.davidlsteiner.com 같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같�
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