Don Gaffney wrote: > On Tue, 30 Apr 1996, Neil Turton wrote: > >> Lukas Nellen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> From the point of view of security, do you really need a diskless >>> system? If you set a bios password, set the bios to boot only from C >>> and make sure that a password is required to enter single user mode, >>> wouldn't that be just as secure? Or is there a loophole which I >>> missed (not having tried this type of setup)?
> There are programs available on the net which will cause a BIOS checksum > error. At bootup this error will allow the intruder into the BIOS setup > without a password (BIOS defaults are taken). How do you run these programs under Debian? > The intruder can then boot off of a floppy and access the machine regardless > of any OS security. NT, which is heralded as "C2 secure", and its NTFS > file systems are just as susceptible as any Linux or DOS/Windows box. > If you can't secure the machine, you can't secure the system. You can > still secure information through encryption however. As long as you've secured the keys as well. Jay Carlson [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Flat text is just *never* what you want. ---stephen p spackman
