[1147] in bugtraq
Re: snooper watchers
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (der Mouse)
Wed Mar 1 21:29:11 1995
Date: Wed, 1 Mar 1995 20:15:57 -0500
From: der Mouse <mouse@Collatz.McRCIM.McGill.EDU>
To: bugtraq@fc.net
> is it not possible for a hacker to set his own boot device before
> performing his reboot, and then reset it back to whatever-it-was
> later? ie by messing with /dev/openprom or whatever its called
Not if you installed my little /dev/security thing, which among other
things removes all ability to open the eeprom for any reason once the
door is locked. Guess why I added that snippet :-)
der Mouse
mouse@collatz.mcrcim.mcgill.edu