Michael Viron wrote:
It's amazing how few people are aware of this (especially in films). Just to get this as off-topic as possible, I read a hilariously inaccurate novelistic account of someone breaking into a top secret computer. He finds a user login/pasword, then says something like "The next thing I needed to do was reboot the machine so I could log in as root." Like this is a top secret government computer, and ordinary users are allowed to reboot it? On the other other hand, they're obviously so hot on security that users can't use "su" (actually, that's pretty sensible). Jeez, with stuff like this and the ubiquitous "Oh, the password's the name of the mad scientist's daughter!" stuff around, it's not surprising security is a non-issue in most places.As far as security goes, yes absolutely, you should password protect Grub, as well as place put a bios password on your system and disable booting from floppy and cd-rom.AnthonyNot to mention that if you're using the machine as a server, it would be a wise idea to get a case that you can lock the case and the front. This way, someone can't get into the case, pull out the bios battery (resetting the bios to the default settings.) or press the power button to shutdown the machine.
Hey, I wonder if I could use this as a way to finally get my own office?Of course, it isn't very likely that someone will go to all that trouble unless you've got some seriously confidential stuff on there. Of course, servers should also preferably be kept in a room that only required personnel have access to.
Sir Robin
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"Do unto others what you would like others to do unto you. And have fun doing it."
- Linus Torvalds
Robin Turner
IDMYO,
Bilkent University
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Turkey
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