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Re: [SLE] Root password - is it THAT simple to alter it?
- From: Jerry Feldman <gaf@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 10:42:12 -0400
- Message-id: <200508261042.12865.gaf@xxxxxxx>
On Friday 26 August 2005 10:14 am, James Knott wrote:
> Yes. The first line of security, is physical security. Even without
> changing the password, it's easy to boot a rescue disk and access the
> files. The same applies to Windows etc. Even a password protected
> computer won't help, as a hard drive can easily be moved to another
> computer. The only way around this is to use encryption or prevent
> physical access to your computer.
The same applies to commercial Unix systems also as well as to some
proprietary systems.
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Jerry Feldman <gaf@xxxxxxx>
Boston Linux and Unix user group
http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9
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> Yes. The first line of security, is physical security. Even without
> changing the password, it's easy to boot a rescue disk and access the
> files. The same applies to Windows etc. Even a password protected
> computer won't help, as a hard drive can easily be moved to another
> computer. The only way around this is to use encryption or prevent
> physical access to your computer.
The same applies to commercial Unix systems also as well as to some
proprietary systems.
--
Jerry Feldman <gaf@xxxxxxx>
Boston Linux and Unix user group
http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9
PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9
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