[plug] Linux security idea - maybe

[Bernd Felsche]

On Fri, Jun 13, 2003 at 09:40:13AM +0800, Leon Brooks wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Jun 2003 08:27, Bernd Felsche wrote:
> >> (-: You did password LILO, didn't you? :-)
> 
> > What's the point of that? If somebody has physical access, they can
> > either boot from their own media or rip out your hard drive and plug
> > it into their own system.
> 
> If they have _enough_ physical access (ie screwdrivers and a lot of 
> time), yes. Otherwise it's an effective deterrent against "drive-by 
> rebootings".
> 
> As to the booting from other media, I have two more words on the subject 
> "BIOS password".
> 
> ...or my more permanent approach, three words, "No removable media". (-:

No USB?  No network?

Pretty easy to carry around a gadget to do either; DHCP your own
bootstrap...