Security question

[Brian Densmore]

Yep,
 That's pretty much what I was thinking. I did notice the encryption
howto
was just updated this month. I don't really have an issue, but was
thinking 
about it because of the work I am doing on the distro. I mean all you
have to do to get to someone's files is boot from another disk and mount
the partitions. Not something that can be done without physical access,
and
possibly a screwdriver or some other tool. Of course we probably won't
be 
able to use encrypted filesystems, since M$ now has a patent on
encrypted
OSes. I could see using an encrypted fs only on the most sensitive of
devices, (like military/gov't).

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Duston, Hal [mailto:hdusto01 at sprintspectrum.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 4:11 PM
> To: KCLUG (E-mail)
> Subject: RE: Security question
> 
> 
> If the hostile party has physical access, your options 
> are _extremely_ limited.  Even disabling/removing the 
> floppy, won't prevent somebody with a screwdriver/crowbar 
> who is determined to gain access.
> 
> Some kind of encrypted fs, maybe.  Most of the ones I 
> found on google seem to be abandoned.
> 
> Hal Duston
> 
> Brian Densmore [mailto:DensmoreB at ctbsonline.com] wrote:
> 
> --snip--
> 
> > How do you prevent a Linux filesystem from being locally mounted 
> > and modified by someone using a floppy boot/root disk? 
> 
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