John, Does it make any difference at all whether I can easily gain control of a Windows box with physical access? Since I can VERY easily gain control of most Windows boxes over any old network they happen to be connected to? I contend that physical security is a MUCH simpler problem to solve than network security. How does OpenBSD stand up to a physical attack?
Erik Johnson On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 5:37 PM, John Summerfield <[email protected]> wrote: > Ivan Warren wrote: >> >> John Summerfield wrote: >>> >>> This is what I would do, and why I reckon Linux security to be so >>> feeble[1]. One does need to know the commands to mount needed >>> filesystems. >>> >>> [1]Give me your disk or physical access to your computer, and not even >>> your boot-time password's enough. >>> >> Hmm.. Even boot-time controled whole disk encryption ? > > May depend on where the key is:-) And, I'd need time for research. > >> >> Then again.. besides from the above example, it's pretty much true for >> any system (not only linux).. > > Windows is a little more difficult, I need a Linux boot disk and the > right program, and if it's a domain controller there's another trick > after that. > > Which reminds me, I still have a fight to win against OS X. > > > > > -- > > Cheers > John > > -- spambait > [email protected] [email protected] > -- Advice > http://webfoot.com/advice/email.top.php > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 > > You cannot reply off-list:-) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or > visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
