Re: [LI] Linux password security

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-----Original Message-----
From: Prasad <Prasad@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: linux-india@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <linux-india@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
Benny Mathew <Benny@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-india@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <linux-india@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thursday, October 21, 1999 5:00 AM
Subject: Re: [LI] Linux password security


|One way to avoid a person with AK56 ( with a boot floppy ) is to have a
|password protected BIOS setup,  assuming one will not open the machine. And
|making the bios look at only BOOT from C drive.


You do not need AK56, even a Swiss army knife is enough to gain access.
Another option would be to keep the server in Swiss bank vault :-)))))


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