Re: Remotely Nuking a device (was Re: becomeroot once again but with password)

2007-02-25 Thread mike saunby
If it were me I'd probably go for a more ruthless option. Handheld tries to download two files from an internet site I control, needn't be my home server. First file replaces the homepage of the browser so the new "owner" gets whatever message I've sent. The second file, if present, replaces th

Re: Remotely Nuking a device (was Re: becomeroot once again but with password)

2007-02-25 Thread Paul Klapperich
On 2/24/07, marc zonzon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 2/22/07, Paul Klapperich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You could setup pubkey authentication on your home ssh server. Then you > could add a script to the device such that when it connects it runs > something like: > ssh -n -R2022:localhost:2

Re: Remotely Nuking a device (was Re: becomeroot once again but with password)

2007-02-24 Thread Acadia Secure Networks
Paul/Marc, well this is the kind of feature that Nokia, should put into the base product along with a data/file encryption option (kind of like the Encrypting File System aka EFS feature in Windows 200/XP Pro/Vista). With EFS selected files are automatically encrypted/decrypted by the filesy

Re: Remotely Nuking a device (was Re: becomeroot once again but with password)

2007-02-24 Thread marc zonzon
On 2/22/07, Paul Klapperich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: You could setup pubkey authentication on your home ssh server. Then you could add a script to the device such that when it connects it runs something like: ssh -n -R2022:localhost:22 Good idea, as your ssh is an outbound connection the loc

Remotely Nuking a device (was Re: becomeroot once again but with password)

2007-02-22 Thread Paul Klapperich
On 2/22/07, James Grimwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: A remote-wipe program could be useful. Something that runs on the tablet, connects using some secure method to your computer at home, and then sees if you've logged your device as stolen. If so, it self destructs (either totally messing up th