On Thu, 23 Nov 2006 23:08:18 +0100 VeeJay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 11/23/06, Bill Moran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Thu, 23 Nov 2006 10:45:19 +0100 > > VeeJay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On 11/23/06, Olivier Nicole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > And how can one into the System by booting from a CD if it still > > > > > requires the Password even in Single User mode? > > > > > > > > Booting from CD, floppy or hard disk is slected at BIOS level. > > > > > > > > Booting in single or multi user mode is at Operating system level. > > > > > > > > Booting is in the following order: > > > > > > > > 1) BIOS select what medium to boot from > > > > > > > > 2) the operating system boot from the selected medium > > > > > > > > So when it comes to the Single user password, itis already at stage 2) > > > > it has passed the stage 1 (booting from hard disk ofr CD) without > > > > password. > > > > > > > > Olivier > > > > > > > > > > So, it means, that I should take the following steps > > > > > > 1. Password on BIOS > > > 2. Change the order of booting i.e. When system is installed and working > > > once, then I just the change the Booting FIRST from HardDisk. > > > 3. Put the password on Single User mode. > > > > > > So, what more? Do you people think that I have got somehow security > > barrier > > > for unauthorized access? > > > > Physically _LOCK_ the server up. Anyone who can get physical access to > > the > > unit can remove the drive and access it from another machine, bypassing > > all > > this stuff. > > > > Another option is to encrypt the hard drives, but this will require you > > (or > > someone else) to enter the password for the encrypted drives every time > > the > > system boots up, so it's generally a maintenance nightmare. > > > > > Well, I am not an expert on FreeBSD. And thats why I don't know that how it > works that > > If 4 Disks of same size for example 146GB each and they are configured with > RAID 10, and Root, SWAP, /usr, /var File systems have been created on them. > And if one takes one or two harddisks and how come he would be able to read > the data when data is splited on 4 disks?
Your logic escapes me. If someone were to physically break in to the machine to steal your data, why would they only take some of the drives? _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
