On Tue, 2009-08-11 at 08:53 -0700, Paul Rogers wrote:
> > Write protected hardware requires physical access to the LEAF box. A 
> > software write protect has the advantage that you can set and unset the 
> > read and write access to the boot media with putty, ssh. I use two 
> 
> If you can, then somebody else can.  Ultimately, there's no software 
> scheme that can provide the surety of a well-engineered hardware
> protection.  Is what you're protecting important enough to go lay
> hands on the box?

Paul,
In many situations it's not practical to perform on-site maintenance on
a client's machine. Each level of write protection has advantages and
disadvantages.

-- 
Mike Noyes <mhnoyes at users.sourceforge.net>
http://sourceforge.net/users/mhnoyes/
SF.net Projects:  leaf, sourceforge/sitedocs



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