From: davidsen@ariel.crd.GE.COM (william E Davidsen) Subject: Re: Linus security/Non root access Date: 24 Aug 1992 12:50:24 GMT
In article <2213@fnnews.fnal.gov>, rohrer@fncrd6.fnal.gov (Keith Rohrer) writes:
| But the best I've seen is something like my 5-5-91 AMI BIOS, which lets you
| define the drive boot order a-c or c-a. Set passwording on changing setup,
| set c to boot first, and as long as c is bootable a won't be checked to boot
| off of. Unless they scribble on your hard drive's boot sector, it will always
| boot to Linux...
At the risk of saying "me, too" I'm going to emphasize that this
poster has mentioned something /very/ useful in a business setting. To
protect your machines you first set the BIOS to boot off the hard drive
first, so any floppy is ignored, then select a password so the config
can't be changed. This does not prevent stealing the machine, or taking
the battery out so the CMOS dies, but it positively prevents someone
from getting access without leaving traces. Often the people who want to
get your info don't want to risk an investigation.
A room with a locked door is best, of course.
--
bill davidsen, GE Corp. R&D Center; Box 8; Schenectady NY 12345
I admit that when I was in school I wrote COBOL. But I didn't compile.