On Tue, 8 Nov 2005, Alan K Melby wrote:
The certification test will usually be given at a university computer lab
where we do not have much control over the computers and probably are not
allowed to touch the router. Can we accomplish pretty much the same thing
with a customized version of a bootable Knoppix Linux image without touching
the router?
Yes, it's just tricky since OSes are made to have lots of flexibility and
features, rather than to keep people from doing things. But from a security
standpoint, it should be quite possible to limit what a user can do. The BIOS
is the first thing to lock down, so users can't just boot off their own media.
Then the bootloader, then you have auto-login for the non-privileged user and
make sure that user can't do anything you don't want.
-J
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