Nathan Paul Simons wrote:
Yeah, but a lot of our users like to use these machines remotely
because they can rely on them not to be in Windows (unlike our other
dual boot clients). We try to keep only stable releases running on
our production net machines so that we don't have to
heh, it wont even boot on my athlon let alone be stable
tim.
Failure is not an option. It comes bundled with your Microsoft product.
-- Ferenc Mantfeld
On Tue, 4 Jul 2000, Christopher W. Curtis wrote:
Nathan Paul Simons wrote:
Yeah, but a lot of our users like to use
Tim wrote:
heh, it wont even boot on my athlon let alone be stable
I had to use the test (potato) boot disks, I believe. The problem is
just that the old kernels won't boot athlon. Compile a new kernel (the
latest 2.2.x should do) and make a boot disk (dunno how to make a
bootdisk using the
Perhaps yosu should move to potato, my Athlon is been working flawlessly.
On Tue, Jul 04, 2000 at 05:42:05PM +1000, Tim wrote:
heh, it wont even boot on my athlon let alone be stable
tim.
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Previously Christopher W. Curtis wrote:
Is the reason for disabling SysRq sinply the same (ability to reboot,
etc) or do you think there could be an exploitable condition with the
information given?
SysRq is very good for killing a console lock such as vlock..
Wichert.
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Alvin Oga wrote:
anytime someone has physical access to the machine...
you already have a security problem ( my definition )
Fine definition. Not all computers are locked up, however, and if there
is a huge room with only remote access allowed, there are often trust
relationships setup
Nathan Paul Simons wrote:
On top of that, we have our Linux-only machines set up so
that ctl-alt-del spits up a message saying "This is a Linux-only
machine", and the power and reset buttons are disabled, as well
as the magic sys request keys.
I thought about unplugging the reset
Alvin Oga wrote:
anytime someone has physical access to the machine...
you already have a security problem ( my definition )
Fine definition. Not all computers are locked up, however, and if there
is a huge room with only remote access allowed, there are often trust
relationships setup
Nathan Paul Simons wrote:
On top of that, we have our Linux-only machines set up so
that ctl-alt-del spits up a message saying This is a Linux-only
machine, and the power and reset buttons are disabled, as well
as the magic sys request keys.
I thought about unplugging the reset
Previously Christopher W. Curtis wrote:
Is the reason for disabling SysRq sinply the same (ability to reboot,
etc) or do you think there could be an exploitable condition with the
information given?
SysRq is very good for killing a console lock such as vlock..
Wichert.
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Wichert,
So is root's password. ;)
Regards,
Alex.
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On Mon, Jul 03, 2000 at 02:24:55PM -0400, Christopher W. Curtis wrote:
I thought about unplugging the reset button and power switches, but it's
tough to hit them accidentally and if someone wanted the system down,
they'd pull the plug out of the back. I like having the ability to
reset
On Sat, Jul 01, 2000 at 09:45:43AM -0700, Alexander Hvostov wrote:
Thor,
Disable booting from floppy in BIOS, password protect LILO, install
chassis intrusion detection system wired to gun turrets with 50mm heavy
machine guns...
...okay, I think I'm going a little overboard here... ;)
On Sat, Jul 01, 2000 at 09:45:43AM -0700, Alexander Hvostov wrote:
Thor,
Disable booting from floppy in BIOS, password protect LILO, install
chassis intrusion detection system wired to gun turrets with 50mm heavy
machine guns...
...okay, I think I'm going a little overboard here... ;)
Hi,
I'm obviously doing something wrong ...
I've written to the maintainer of the autofs package according to the
page summary listed under 'packages' from the website, and as I also saw
somewhere else (dpkg -s listing?). I filed a bug report against autofs
and marked it as release
hi christopher...
anytime someone has physical access to the machine...
you already have a security problem ( my definition )
i am not sure that you can get physical access as root
from the options shown in /etc/auto.misc but if oyu
are correctwow...wonder how many people tried
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On Sat, 1 Jul 2000, Thor wrote:
huh ? and you call this an xploit ?
if you have physical access to the console and floppy drive you can always
start with a boot + root floppy, mount the hard disk and modify the
mounted /etc/passwd file ...
On Sat, Jul 01, 2000 at 10:19:39AM +0200, Thor [EMAIL PROTECTED] was heard to
say:
if you have physical access to the console and floppy drive you can always
start with a boot + root floppy, mount the hard disk and modify the
mounted /etc/passwd file ... this is an old trick, usefull when
Thor,
Disable booting from floppy in BIOS, password protect LILO, install
chassis intrusion detection system wired to gun turrets with 50mm heavy
machine guns...
...okay, I think I'm going a little overboard here... ;)
Regards,
Alex.
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On Sat, Jul 01, 2000 at 08:55:10AM -0400, Daniel Burrows wrote:
On Sat, Jul 01, 2000 at 10:19:39AM +0200, Thor [EMAIL PROTECTED] was heard
to say:
..unless, of course, the machine's owner has disabled floppy boots..in which
case, you have to open the thing up and reset the BIOS; if the
Hi,
I'm obviously doing something wrong ...
I've written to the maintainer of the autofs package according to the
page summary listed under 'packages' from the website, and as I also saw
somewhere else (dpkg -s listing?). I filed a bug report against autofs
and marked it as release
severity 66556 normal
thanks
On Fri, 30 Jun 2000, Christopher W. Curtis wrote:
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I do not consider this a problem. If you have console access to a machine,
you can do much more damage than creating trojan floppys. Please search the
list archives for discussions about mbr,
I'm obviously doing something wrong ...
I've written to the maintainer of the autofs package according to the
page summary listed under 'packages' from the website, and as I also saw
somewhere else (dpkg -s listing?). I filed a bug report against autofs
and marked it as release critical. I have
severity 66556 normal
thanks
On Fri, 30 Jun 2000, Christopher W. Curtis wrote:
[ snipped 'sploit ]
I do not consider this a problem. If you have console access to a machine,
you can do much more damage than creating trojan floppys. Please search the
list archives for discussions about mbr,
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