----- Original Message ----- From: "Benjamin Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Greater NH Linux Users' Group" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 10:52 AM Subject: Re: Humor: NT and security
> On Thu, 14 Feb 2002, Michael Costolo wrote: > > Just out of curiosity, doesn't Tom's Root Boot Disk do the same thing for > > Linux? > > Sure would. > > Repeat after me: "If physical security is lost, all security is lost." > Which is why I disable floppy and CD booting in the BIOS, and password protect the BIOS setup. Still not safe, but why make it easy? Incidentally, I tell people whose systems I work on as a matter of course that I'm setting up their systems to boot from the floppy ONLY if the Hard drive is not there. Keeps them from inadvertently leaving a floppy in the drive when they shut down and causing problems on reboot. Rich Cloutier President, C*O SYSTEM SUPPORT SERVICES www.sysupport.com ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
