RussianFirm tapped away at the keyboard with:
one of our workers complained that someone hacked into his Win 2000 machine, which is double password protected. They got into his email account, and placed his private mail into a text file. I was surprised. I didn't even know it was possible to break into someones email account. Cookies???
Just how good would a bank safe be if it had windows? :-)
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.
The lock on the door? The shotgun in the armed guard's lap? :-) The locked BIOS would slow them down after that - prevent booting from floppy and CD. Once somebody has physical access to your hardware, there is little that will prevent them from breaking into your system. An encrypted root filesystem might help - but please don't ask me how to do that. Somebody with malicious intent might just take to your computer with a fire axe if they can break in the soft way. Then steal your hard drive. -- Bernd Felsche - Innovative Reckoning Perth, Western Australia -- 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