[103253] in Cypherpunks
Re: Stego-empty hard drives... (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jim Choate)
Tue Sep 22 11:32:18 1998
From: Jim Choate <ravage@einstein.ssz.com>
To: cypherpunks@einstein.ssz.com (Cypherpunks Distributed Remailer)
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 10:48:12 -0500 (CDT)
Reply-To: Jim Choate <ravage@einstein.ssz.com>
Forwarded message:
> Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 09:32:49 -0500
> From: Petro <petro@playboy.com>
> Subject: Re: Stego-empty hard drives... (fwd)
> Why prompt, you installed it, just have the startup stop at a
> certain point, just simply pause. You hit a couple keys (4-8) and go on.
> Given this case you don't really need the security of a long passphrase
> since if they are looking to get in, you've lost already.
You'll probably not want it to stop, simpy wait a few seconds. Also, if
the passphrase is incorrect you'll not want to issue any error messages.
Stopping the boot may be a good indication of a problem.
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