Re: [Way OT] Workstation Security
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texte = One of the things they stressed to us about computer security when I was taking computer science classes, was that if someone can touch your machine, it is not secure, period.So the steps you have taken are probably pretty realistic but short of locking your machine in a vault, it is not going to be totally secure.Larry Goodhew> > 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/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > http://www.StrongGraphicDesign.com > (208) 319-0137 | Toll-free p/f 877-561-1656 > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/ > ------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
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One of the things they stressed to us about computer security when I was taking computer science classes, was that if someone can touch your machine, it is not secure, period.So the steps you have taken are probably pretty realistic but short of locking your machine in a vault, it is not going to be totally secure.Larry Goodhew> > 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/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > http://www.StrongGraphicDesign.com > (208) 319-0137 | Toll-free p/f 877-561-1656 > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/ > ------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
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