Guy Van Sanden wrote:
Just a question.
Can I use my rescue system to boot any SuSE linux system or just the ones that were installed from that disk?
If yes, this would be a serious security gap, because my linux server can't be placed in a secure location. It's in the normal offices... Being able to boot it with another rescue system would be a serious leak...
I don't know about "any" system, but I have booted recent versions such as 5.3 and 6 with my 6.4 rescue set. You seem to be missing the point with security, it isn't the boot floppies which are the risk, it is having your floppy drive enabled and bootable. Try a floppy lock. Turn off driveA in bios, and set to boot from C only. Better yet, pull your floppy out of the remote server. Also, if someone can get to your machine and do a floppy boot, what about a cdrom boot? Disable that too. What about a network boot? Also, if they can get to your machine with a boot disk, what is to stop them from pulling the cover off while you are not there, and doing a complete harddrive copy? Remote servers "ARE NOT" secure. -- 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