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RE: Is "linux single" a security concern?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeff Buck)
Fri Nov 1 12:31:18 1996
Date: Fri, 1 Nov 1996 09:26:46 -0800 (PST)
From: Jeff Buck <jeffb@pegasus.usmicro.net>
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On Thu, 31 Oct 1996 DKS@hep.anl.gov wrote:
> file would presumably be a waste of time. Disabling the floppy drive -- at
> least for boot purposes -- perhaps removing it from the boot path (in the bios?
> ) would be best. Of course, this removes a way for you to get into your system
> in an emergency. Perhaps the best way is to install some device to prevent
> someone physically inserting a floppy in the drive -- I'm sure sombody sells
> such things.
Whoa.. take it easy here big guy. Set a password on your bios itself. Set
the boot sequence to C,A. Set a password in lilo.conf for the single
option. If you have any dos partitions, set passwords in lilo for that as
well, or better yet, just remove the from lilo.conf. OK, now if they're
going to get in, they will have to take apart the computer. Taking apart
the computer would get them past any cement block installed into the
floppy drive anyway, so there's no need to do that. For extra security,
one can drill a hole into the case, and install a padlock or two. That's
as secure as you'll ever get.
-Jeff
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