On Wed, Feb 21, 2001 at 02:11:41AM -0500, George Metz scribbled:
> Perhaps not so much of a joke as all that. Why not set the system to log
> to Serial Console? This would be extremely secure, assuming local access
> is required for access to the logserver, or "moderately" secure with a
> sysadmin with a clue to set up the remote access to the
> logserver. Shouldn't be too hard to do either; I know it's been mentioned
> as a method of remote access to LRP systems in the past.
I have, in past paranoid dreams, come up with ideas for elaborate
systems of logging and intrusion detection that involve serial
logging.
One idea was that the logs get shoved out a serial port, and are
received by a MS-DOS box running a small, stable terminal program;
this box would boot faster than the linux box, therefore being awake
and ready to save logs right away after a power event.
If you wanted it to do more than just log, it could also have a TSR
watching the log for any reason to power down the linux box, and it
would be attached to the power supply or a serial-controlled
powerdown device...
I have discussed these ideas [and other paranoid-dream-related ideas]
with people such as David Douthitt, and rely on such discussions to
milk said ideas out of me, since I can never remember them all on my
own. :)
> --
> George Metz
> Commercial Routing Engineer
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> "We know what deterrence was with 'mutually assured destruction' during
> the Cold War. But what is deterrence in information warfare?" -- Brigadier
> General Douglas Richardson, USAF, Commander - Space Warfare Center
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