[4863] in WWW Security List Archive
Re: password security
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Andy Walden)
Thu Mar 20 20:57:08 1997
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 1997 16:28:51 -0600
From: Andy Walden <andy@netimagination.com>
Reply-To: andy@netimagination.com
To: WWW-SECURITY@ns2.rutgers.edu
Errors-To: owner-www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
Shaun A Su wrote:
>
> I have some data that is confidential and is protected by a user name and
> password upon start up of the computer. Now, are there security
> programs/ measures that will purge the sensitive file(s) from a hard
> drive or server if a hacker attempts to crack the password protection ?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> -scs
would this translate to if you mistyped your password a few times the
data would be deleted? What constitutes "hacker attempts"? Running a
brute force attack against the prompt? I would think that with a
carefully chosen passwd you could eliminate the chances of this. From
what it sounds like you have a boot password set in your bios. I suppose
I have seen little hacks to go around the password, but they were bios
specific. I suppose if I wanted to get past a bios password bad enough,
and had the opportunity to hack the machine I would pop the battery out
and reset the sucker. I can't think of anything to defend from that. by
the way, what does this have to do with WWW-security?
andy
