I have a dual WinXP/Debian boot, and I deal with that problem by locking
my door.
Matt Flaschen
cardoso wrote:
Exactly. A few years ago I used to deal with linux fanboys showing them
the cute trick of "linux single" at boot time. After a few hours begging
for the admin password, I teached the trick and they usually stopped the
brag about how security Linux was.
On Wed, 25 Oct 2006 12:34:49 -0500
Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> wrote:
PS> --On Wednesday, October 25, 2006 10:24:11 -0400
mflaschen3@mail.gatech.edu
PS> wrote:
PS>
PS> > Windows offers no security against local users. It is trivial to boot
to
PS> > a program like ERD Commander and replace admin passwords. On the other
PS> > hand, PuTTy is meant to protect against everyone; that's why it doesn't
PS> > allow saved passwords. Thus, this seems like a vulnerability to me.
PS> >
PS> Unix offers no security against local users either. If I can sit at the
PS> console, I can login in single user mode, mount the drives rw and edit
PS> /etc/passwd all day.
PS>
PS> Furthermore, I can take any hard drive, with any file system on it, and
PS> with the right tools I can read everything on the drive, even deleted
stuff.
PS>
PS> So what's your point? That when you own the box you own the box?
PS>
PS> If you first have to own the box to get to the information, then it's not
a
PS> vulnerability. It's not best practice, but it's not a vulnerability.
PS>
PS> Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu)
PS> Senior Information Security Analyst
PS> The University of Texas at Dallas
PS> http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/
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