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RE: security scenario
From: <pasi.kivikangas () nokia com>
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 09:33:55 +0200
Would be any help if the root partition (and why not other partitions as well) is encrypted? Ok, in that case the server must not re-boot. - Pasi
From: ext theog [mailto:theog () theog org] I agree , in my opinion , if someone got to the machine's keyboard , be it phisically or via a remote console device , he can do virtually anything , , in fact , the simplest thing to do (if I wanted to change the root for a machine I dont have the password for) is to boot with a linux cd , mount the root partition , then do chroot , and passwd , so ..... no point is having a
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