Hummmmm, just a thought, but wonder who it was, a sys-admin, an engineer or
the janitor that misplaced those drives at Los Alamos??? Ain't security
clearances wonderful????
Jerry
>Most of the machines in the lab did. Before I had my clearance, I went
>into the lab (under escort) with a notebook, and I took notes, mainly on
>managing the V-CLass. The startup procedure for a 64 node system is
>quite slow, so if one did not shut down properly it takes forever. Also,
>since the unclassified servers were in the same room as the classified
>lab, someone could easily record data on a floppy, and insert it into the
>unclassified test station floppy drive, then leave the lab, log into the test
>station, and read the floppy.
>
>The issue is not really root access, but the protection of assets and
>secrets. We must understand that many of our personal work habits
>compromise these on a daily basis.
>
>On 22 Jun 2000, at 13:36, Paul Lussier wrote:
>
>> Ayup! Raytheon is like that too. But let me ask this, did any machine
>>in th
>> at secret lab have a tape drive, floppy, or other writeable and removable
>> media.
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>Jerry Feldman
>Contractor, eInfrastructure Partner Engineering
>508-467-4315 http://www.testdrive.compaq.com/linux/
>
>Compaq Computer Corp.
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>Marlboro, Ma. 01752
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