Re: [Way OT] Workstation Security

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2002


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texte = Dan,I have removable mounts for my harddrives. They lock with a key (not sure how secure that is though) but the benefit is, it's easy to shut down the system at night and take the harddrives with me. They're inside a little box that fits inside the mount so they should be pretty well protected from the elements. Nothing to unwire, unscrew, and you don't have to open the case to get the drives out.Something like this:http://www.shentech.com/hardrivmobra.html$25-$40 or so.GK> Also, is there really a way to prevent someone from taking over your machine with a boot disk? > -Dan > > On Sun, 8 Dec 2002 20:11:36 > Dale-Lists wrote: > >Dan, > > > >On Sunday, December 8, 2002, at 05:44 PM, Dan Strong wrote: > > > >>Hi all, > > > >[snip] > >> > >>I will obviously lock my office door when I'm gone, I've enabled > >>password-protection in BIOS to not allow the OS to boot without > >>authentication, > > > >Heads up: I guess you do not have any kind of auto-reboot tool on the server in case of a > >power-outage? Or a power-outage longer than the life of the batteries in your UPS? > > > >This one sounds dangerous to me. > > > >>Thanks in advance. > >>-Dan > > > >Dale > > ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: [Way OT] Workstation Security (Larry Goodhew 2002)
  2. Re: [Way OT] Workstation Security (Dale-Lists 2002)
  3. Re: [Way OT] Workstation Security (Dan Strong 2002)
  4. Re: [Way OT] Workstation Security (Gary Krockover 2002)
  5. Re: [Way OT] Workstation Security (Dan Strong 2002)
  6. Re: [Way OT] Workstation Security (Stuart Tremain 2002)
  7. Re: [Way OT] Workstation Security (Dan Strong 2002)
  8. Re: [Way OT] Workstation Security (Dan Strong 2002)
  9. Re: [Way OT] Workstation Security (Dale-Lists 2002)
  10. Re: [Way OT] Workstation Security (Dan Strong 2002)
  11. Re: [Way OT] Workstation Security (Donovan Brooke 2002)
  12. Re: [Way OT] Workstation Security (Dan Strong 2002)
  13. Re: [Way OT] Workstation Security (Dan Strong 2002)
  14. Re: [Way OT] Workstation Security (Donovan Brooke 2002)
  15. [Way OT] Workstation Security (Dan Strong 2002)
Dan,I have removable mounts for my harddrives. They lock with a key (not sure how secure that is though) but the benefit is, it's easy to shut down the system at night and take the harddrives with me. They're inside a little box that fits inside the mount so they should be pretty well protected from the elements. Nothing to unwire, unscrew, and you don't have to open the case to get the drives out.Something like this:http://www.shentech.com/hardrivmobra.html$25-$40 or so.GK> Also, is there really a way to prevent someone from taking over your machine with a boot disk? > -Dan > > On Sun, 8 Dec 2002 20:11:36 > Dale-Lists wrote: > >Dan, > > > >On Sunday, December 8, 2002, at 05:44 PM, Dan Strong wrote: > > > >>Hi all, > > > >[snip] > >> > >>I will obviously lock my office door when I'm gone, I've enabled > >>password-protection in BIOS to not allow the OS to boot without > >>authentication, > > > >Heads up: I guess you do not have any kind of auto-reboot tool on the server in case of a > >power-outage? Or a power-outage longer than the life of the batteries in your UPS? > > > >This one sounds dangerous to me. > > > >>Thanks in advance. > >>-Dan > > > >Dale > > ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Gary Krockover

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