Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 21 Jan 1997 11:18:55 -0500 (EST) | From | David Schwartz <> | Subject | Re: Single user mode |
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I have worked on dozens of different computing platforms from PCs to SGIs to DEC Alpha machines. I've worked on routers and terminal servers made by various companies as well -- not one of them could protect itself from someone who had physical access to it.
What you need is a lock.
DS
On 20 Jan 1997, Markus Gutschke wrote:
> - a system BIOS that has known backdoors, i.e. passwords that will > always let you in? > > - a system BIOS that supports hot-keys for clearing the entire CMOS > memory including the password? [deletia] > I still believe that the PC architecture does not provide any > reasonable security, if you can gain physical access to the > machine. Other architectures might be better off, but it appears that > most of them still have some exploitable backdoors.
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