At 2002-03-16 13:39 -0800, Matt Schalit wrote: >Mike Noyes wrote: >>At 2002-03-16 10:49 -0800, Ray Olszewski wrote: >>>Was this the guy who was talking about using a dedicated port to >>>send a remote signal to turn WP on or off? If so, he was describing >>>a system that would work, but that still had potential security >>>risks, just novel ones ... >> >>I forgot all about this gentleman's suggestion. Thanks for reminding >>me. His idea was the only other possibility given to us for >>enable/disable of the WP function on the ADM. > > >That sounds like software WP. Am I missing something?
Matt, We talked to him about ten minutes before your arrival. From what I understood of the conversation, he was suggesting the use of a free port/signal line (parallel and serial ports were discussed) on the motherboard to switch the state on the ADM. This is still hardware based, but is now switchable using a remote interface. His remote software authentication suggestion was snmp or pgp based. Provided a consultant has the router installed on a customers site: This solution has the advantage of removing/eliminating the possibility the local user/customer would render their installation inoperable. It does pose security concerns though. -- Mike Noyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://sourceforge.net/users/mhnoyes/ http://leaf-project.org/ _______________________________________________ Leaf-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel
