Does this still protect against the popular "nuclear bomb" DoS attack?
------------------------------------------------ Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> UnixGroup Admin - NASA LaRC On 5 Nov 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Hi, > > >>>> "Matt" == Matthew Devney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > Matt> Take it off the network, unplug it, lock the case, encase it in > Matt> 19 feet of concrete, and you can pretty much guarantee it'll be > Matt> safe. But the security consultant will still worry. > > >>>> "Dennis" == "Dennis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > Dennis> Be careful though ... I've heard some people complain about > Dennis> marginal network performance with that configuration ... > > > >>>> "Bachrach" == "Bachrach V1.0" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > Bachrach> someone could still use some chemical reaction to eat > Bachrach> through the concrete, and get at the computer. You could > Bachrach> then take out the hard drive, and examine it under an > Bachrach> electron microscope to figure out what was on it. (Even if > Bachrach> it was encrypted, passworded, deleted, etc.) > > > Correct. Eternal vigilance is the key. Take it off the > network, unplug it, lock the case, encase it in a cube of concrete 20 > feet on a side. Then take the concrete block, and suspend it by a > steel-cored hawser, hanging off an Steel A from, such that the cube > is at least 20 feet off the ground. Install pressure sensers all > around the A frame. Put the A frame and sensors on a fenced concrete > compound about a 100 feet on a side, with bright lights on all > corners and on each side, including a light at the top of the A fram, > and one under neath the cube. Make sure that the hawser and the A > frame are electrically secure (i.e., have a noncundoctor in the > path). > > Put manned watch towers all around, with motiton detectors > socketed into heavy machine guns. Make sure the guards on site can't > turn off the defenses (keep the key in a bank vault offsite). > > Even then the system is not secure, but you are getting close. > > manoj > -- > Beware of a dark-haired man with a loud tie. > Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.datasync.com/%7Esrivasta/> > Key C7261095 fingerprint = CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2D 27 12 1D F5 E8 6E > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
