On Sun, Aug 27, 2000 at 08:38:01AM -0700, RussianFirm wrote:
Now I'm concerned. I use SuSE Linux. What stops someone from popping in the SuSE CD, go into rescue mode, deleting my root password, then enter into my computer as root!?! From what I've read on the thread, this does not seem too difficult. And our company has more than a few top notch Russian programmers.
There are two things to do to stop the above scenario: 1. Physical security. Keep the machine behind locked doors. If someone has physical access, there is nothing preventing them from taking the whole machine away, or perhaps just the hard disk. Or your backup tapes. Or ... anything else. 2. Encryption. Keep everything important encrypted. You can do this on a file-by-file basis or use some form of encrypted file system. Look into loop-back file systems or see http://jetico.sci.fi and follow your nose to their BestCrypt program. They have a fully functional version that is free and includes source. There are others but I am somewhat familiar with Jetico. -- ____________________________________________________________________ Robert Paulsen paulsen@texas.net -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq