On Thu, 27 Nov 1997, Wintermute wrote:
Luka Pravica wrote:
Hi,
linux (unix) is a quite secure system. But if somebody can get directly
to the server-computer, then it is easy to reboot computer to dos with a
boot disk, and use 2e-filesystem tools to get all files they want,
It can be done much easier, just put the linux boot disk (from any
distribution) into the floppy, reboot the system, then mount
the hard disk from the root's shell and the whole HD is yours without
using any other OS !!!
Unless your server is physically secured (closed in the safe, all
Of course anyone can also just delete the whole partition and destory
everything.. but usually isn't as useful.
When deciding to encrypt the filesystem, the above is the *very* least of
your worries.The whole point of encrypting it is to keep it's contents
secret. Nuking the partition is a
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