Re: Beta testers needed for security tool

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From: Christopher Davis
Date: Mon, 07 Sep 1992 19:49

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Bill> == Bill Sommerfeld <wesommer@mit.edu> 

 Bill> It's a *lot* harder to replace write-protected boot media in a
 Bill> locked cabinet through the network.

Especially if the boot media is a CD-ROM.  Then you don't even have the
"they hacked the kernel then re-wrote the boot tape I left in the drive"
problem :-)

This is one nice side-effect of Sun's move to CD-ROM for software
distribution, IMHO.  Not the main one (portability and durability are
somewhat higher up), but it's on the list.

(Hm, maybe we can get Sun to put tripwire on the CD-ROM...)
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Subject: Re: Beta testers needed for security tool
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