On Tue, 26 Oct 1999, Steinar H. Gunderson wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 26, 1999 at 12:18:46PM -0400, Darxus wrote:
> >I also do my mail & system log similarly.
> >
> >I have a line in my /etc/syslog.conf
> >
> > *.* /dev/tty12
>
> But then, any cracker with even three seconds of physical access to your
> machine can easily find out what is `allowed' before the system warns.
> Danger, danger... (OK, paranoia.)
If such a person can gain physical access to your machine, he owns it
already. There is no defense against physical access.
And if that *were* useful information, it'd be almost as easy to find it
in /var/log.
I'm afraid I just don't agree with you :)
ipchains & tripwire are *much* more effective than that type of paranoia
:)
(don't get me wrong, I incourage paranoia.. but it can be channeled more
usefully)
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