Re: Gain root access on linux servers with physical access

["Michael Weber" <mweber () alliednational com>]

Just my $0.02.

Would YOU trust any code a blackmailer wrote?  Personally, I would call
the police and let them deal with extortion charges, then I would
low-level format every box that these people have touched, cut my losses
and try it again.

If they are blackmailing now, what's to say they also didn't install a
trojan, back door or logic bomb to get more money later?  

-Michael

> > > On 12/17/2006 at 6:17 PM, Patrick <flymooney () gmail com> wrote:

>    The dedicated hosting providers I have dealt with will pull a
machine 
> for you if that is what you need. You usually have to call ahead and

> there is a small charge for it as well. I would think it would be a
big 
> hassle but they are happy to do it (the two times I have had to).
They 
> even had a test bench they let me use for moving drives around and 
> testing the configuration. But as with everything, YMMV.
>
> Patrick
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