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Article #576Re: IBM password
From: Marc Auslander
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 18:24
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 18:24
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In article <1992Oct8.205307.4459@ariel.ec.usf.edu> adair@eggo.tmc.edu (Jonathan Adair) writes:
>In article <1992Sep29.095334.20666@ghost.dsi.unimi.it> cotrozzi@ghost.dsi.unimi.it (Massimo Cotrozzi) writes:
..
>>There's no way to protect a PC from use by unauthorized users ..
>>( I am not talking just for DOS, for UNIX too . Think about it !!!)
Not always true. For example, the IBM RS/6000 has a key lock. In the
locked position, the system will only boot from the internal hard
drive. It doesn't matter what you put in the diskette slot. So if
its unix, and you don't know the root password, you can't easily break
in. Since the key lock also physically locks the box, you can't mess
with the disk drives either.
Can you overcome this. OF COURSE. But not without some skill and
effort and time.
--
Marc Auslander (IBM)<marc@marc.watson.ibm.com> 914 784-6699
(Internet)<marc@watson.ibm.com>
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Newsgroups: comp.security.misc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!ferkel.ucsb.edu!taco!gatech!news.ans.net!newsgate.watson.ibm.com!yktnews!admin!flu!marc From: marc@watson.ibm.com (Marc Auslander) Subject: Re: IBM password Sender: news@watson.ibm.com (NNTP News Poster) Message-ID: <MARC.92Oct13132406@marc.watson.ibm.com> In-Reply-To: adair@eggo.tmc.edu's message of 8 Oct 92 20:53:07 GMT Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 18:24:06 GMT Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not necessarily those of IBM References: <BvAv1r.M8C@csugrad.cs.vt.edu> <bill.717738277@chaos.cs.umn.edu> <1992Sep29.095334.20666@ghost.dsi.unimi.it> <1992Oct8.205307.4459@ariel.ec.usf.edu> Nntp-Posting-Host: marc.watson.ibm.com Organization: IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, Hawthorne, New York Lines: 22