On Thu, Oct 15, 1998 at 03:36:13PM +0000, Thomas Lakofski wrote: > Physical security of the box in question is the only real measure you can > take (lock it in a box). Failing this, get a machine (some newer Compaq > workstations have this) that lets you restrict floppy booting with BIOS > and has a software case-lock. > > It's hard to suggest any other measures other than physical security -- if > you take out the floppy, someone can always put one in... but you may be > able to work out something relatively simple which involves locking the > case closed with a strong lock and then setting the BIOS to boot from hard > disk first.
Well...you could damage the motherboard FDD controller...but that seems extreme :) Could do that then wire the case with explosives...or a big electro magnet... Short of setting up a system out of a James Bond Movie... what about a cryptographic file system? I believe there are patches for such a thing... afterall...if they can use a boot disk and read/write the drive (ie to wipe the root password) then they can do anything else too... -Steve
