securing an Ubuntu box in a shared office?

[Derek Broughton]

Eric Hanchrow wrote:

>>>>>> "Anonyma" == Anonyma  <anon-bounces at deuxpi.ca> writes:
> 
>     Anonyma> I know that anyone who can get into a computer can make
>     Anonyma> it insecure (by putting the hard drive in another machine
> 
> Encrypting the hard drive should protect against that.  Look at the
> "encfs" package.
> 
>     Anonyma> 1.  set a BIOS password
> 
> I suspect that doesn't really protect against anything.

As much as a password provides protection against anything, what this does
is prevent booting off a live CD (if you also set the BIOS to only boot
from the hard drive).  I'd say it's a pretty important step for a shared
server.
-- 
derek