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[TJ Heaney]

Why not something like a hardware key to lock your box as well?


TJ


On 9/25/07, Neal McBurnett <neal at bcn.boulder.co.us> wrote:
>
> A clear definition of "security" is important here.  It varies for
> every situation, but often, _availability_ of your computer and files
> is very important.  So my response is that for both default linux and
> windows, the availability of recovery mechanisms when you forget your
> password is a security feature.  Besides that convenient init trick,
> booting from a CD is often very useful.
>
> Of course, if you are really really worried about the risk that
> someone who can physically access your computer might steal your hard
> disk or whole computer and read the files, then you want an encrypting
> filesystem, and there are options like that also.  But you risk losing
> it all if you forget a password or don't have a USB key or whatever.
>
> So linux is very secure, you just have to configure it to your liking.
>
> Neal McBurnett                 http://mcburnett.org/neal/
>
> On Tue, Sep 25, 2007 at 01:52:19PM -0600, telecon at infosyndicate.net wrote:
> > On Tue, Sep 25, 2007 at 01:18:24PM -0600, phillip tribble wrote:
> > > How secure is linux when you can recover a password like this?
> > >
> >
> > How secure is your linux box when someone can walk away with it.
> >
> > That is essentially what you just asked.
> >
> > Most *nix can be recovered that way, or someway remarkably close.  if
> you have physical access.
>
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