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RE: security scenario


From: <pasi.kivikangas () nokia com>
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 09:33:55 +0200

Would be any help if the root partition (and why not other partitions as well) is encrypted? Ok, in that case the 
server must not re-boot.


        - Pasi

From: ext theog [mailto:theog () theog org]
I agree , in my opinion , if someone got to the machine's 
keyboard , be it
phisically or via a remote console device , he can do 
virtually anything , ,
in fact , the simplest thing to do (if I wanted to change the 
root for a
machine I dont have the password for) is to boot with a linux 
cd , mount the
root partition , then do chroot , and passwd , so ..... no 
point is having a


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