I did hear a rumour that RAM theft is a problem in corporate
environments. Does anyone have any first hand experience of just how
prevelent it might be.
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Howard.
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LANNet Computing Associates <http://www.lannet.com.au>
On Fri, 15 Sep 2000, Angus Lees wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 15, 2000 at 01:21:59PM +1000, Stephen Mills wrote:
> > 1) be reminded that if a person has physical access to your linux machine,
> > they can usually have full access to all information within a few mins with
> > a boot floppy
> >
> > 2) you can set a password on the lilo prompt to prevent them from booting an
> > image without the proper password, but rule 1 still applies, check out
> > /usr/doc/lilo-* for more info
> >
> > 3) put your server under lock and key if its a problem
>
> or in a lab-like environment:
>
> set to only boot from harddrive
>
> password protect the bios
>
> password protect lilo
>
> padlock the case closed (or put the case in a lockable steel cage)
> (*make sure people can't just poke the 5.25 cover off, and reach in
> anyway*)
>
> make sure that the machine boots to sulogin on single user
> (ie: failed fsck)
>
> and then you should be reasonably safe. floppy / cdrom can be accessed
> using the normal permissions (don't allow suid or devices on those
> media tho..)
>
>
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