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From: Crutcher Dunnavant <crutcher@datastacks.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Encrypted Swap
Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 03:55:45 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20010807035545.D2399@mueller.datastacks.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20010807042810.A23855@foobar.toppoint.de> <Pine.LNX.4.33.0108062047310.17919-100000@kobayashi.soze.net> <15215.27296.959612.765065@localhost.efn.org> <200108070420.f774KXl04696@www.2ka.mipt.ru> <15215.39409.12204.662831@localhost.efn.org>
In-Reply-To: <15215.39409.12204.662831@localhost.efn.org>; from stevev@efn.org on Tue, Aug 07, 2001 at 12:34:08AM -0700

++ 07/08/01 00:34 -0700 - Steve VanDevender:
> John Polyakov writes:
>  > Hmmm, if you have PHYSICAL access to the machine, you can simply reboot and type 
>  > "linux init=/bin/sh" and after it simply cat /etc/shadow and run John The Ripper....
>  > Am i wrong?
> 
> You can password-protect LILO to prevent others from giving it their own
> boot options.  Similarly you can password-protect single-user mode so
> either a deliberate shutdown-and-reboot to single-user mode, or an
> attempt to induce the machine to go into single-user mode, will prevent
> others from getting at the single-user root shell.

Hmm. Physical access. Hammer. Take drive.

-- 
Crutcher        <crutcher@datastacks.com>
GCS d--- s+:>+:- a-- C++++$ UL++++$ L+++$>++++ !E PS+++ PE Y+ PGP+>++++
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  reply	other threads:[~2001-08-07  7:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 109+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-08-07  2:28 David Spreen
2001-08-07  3:56 ` Justin Guyett
2001-08-07  4:01   ` Chris Wedgwood
2001-08-07  4:23   ` John Polyakov
2001-08-07  4:36     ` Chris Wedgwood
2001-08-07  5:12     ` Garett Spencley
2001-08-07  5:55       ` Ryan Mack
2001-08-07 12:37         ` Michael Bacarella
2001-08-17 14:50         ` Holger Lubitz
2001-08-17 15:39           ` Richard B. Johnson
2001-08-17 15:57             ` Holger Lubitz
2001-08-17 16:34               ` Gerhard Mack
2001-08-17 16:50               ` Richard B. Johnson
2001-08-17 17:06             ` Adrian Cox
2001-08-17 17:16               ` Richard B. Johnson
2001-08-17 17:22                 ` Jacob Alifrangis
2001-08-17 17:36                 ` Adrian Cox
2001-08-17 18:51                   ` Nicholas Knight
2001-08-17 19:30                     ` Richard B. Johnson
2001-08-18  8:51                       ` Adrian Cox
2001-08-18 11:02                         ` Eric W. Biederman
2001-08-19  8:51                           ` Adrian Cox
2001-08-20  1:27                         ` Richard B. Johnson
2001-08-20 11:08                           ` Helge Hafting
2001-08-20 11:50                           ` Ian Stirling
2001-08-21 13:55                       ` Andreas Bombe
2001-08-17 20:00                     ` Andreas Dilger
2001-08-07  6:27       ` John Polyakov
2001-08-06 23:28         ` Rob Landley
2001-08-07 10:10           ` Christopher E. Brown
2001-08-07 14:05             ` Joel Jaeggli
2001-08-07  6:41         ` Crutcher Dunnavant
2001-08-07  6:45         ` Ryan Mack
2001-08-07  6:57         ` Evgeny Polyakov
2001-08-07  7:08         ` Evgeny Polyakov
2001-08-07  7:23           ` Sean Hunter
2001-08-07  8:39             ` Ben Ford
2001-08-07 12:28             ` Kevin Krieser
2001-08-07 12:39               ` Richard B. Johnson
2001-08-07 13:39               ` Re[2]: " s0mbre
2001-08-08  2:24                 ` Re[2]: Encrypted Swap (random off-topic snippet) Dr. Kelsey Hudson
2001-08-08  2:51                   ` Michael H. Warfield
2001-08-07 14:21               ` Encrypted Swap Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
2001-08-07  7:26           ` Ryan Mack
2001-08-07  7:34           ` Jeffrey Considine
2001-08-07  7:49           ` Crutcher Dunnavant
2001-08-07  9:01           ` Peter Wächtler
2001-08-07 20:09       ` Maciej Zenczykowski
2001-08-07 20:30   ` Ian Stirling
2001-08-07  4:12 ` Steve VanDevender
2001-08-07  7:34   ` Steve VanDevender
2001-08-07  7:55     ` Crutcher Dunnavant [this message]
2001-08-07 15:17     ` Garett Spencley
2001-08-07  7:49   ` Helge Hafting
2001-08-07  7:58     ` Crutcher Dunnavant
2001-08-07  9:23       ` Helge Hafting
2001-08-07 13:29         ` Wichert Akkerman
2001-08-07 15:56         ` Chris Wedgwood
2001-08-07 16:54           ` Alan Cox
2001-08-07 17:10             ` Chris Wedgwood
2001-08-07  9:52   ` Brian May
2001-08-07 14:48     ` Joel Jaeggli
2001-08-07 15:59       ` Chris Wedgwood
2001-08-07 16:18         ` Joel Jaeggli
2001-08-07 16:24           ` Florian Weimer
2001-08-07 17:14     ` [OT] Cold, Dead Hard drives (was: Encrypted Swap) Stephen Satchell
2001-08-08  2:13     ` Encrypted Swap Dr. Kelsey Hudson
2001-08-07 10:33 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2001-08-13  3:32   ` swap & deadlocks [was Re: Encrypted Swap] Pavel Machek
     [not found] <no.id>
2001-08-07 14:17 ` Encrypted Swap Alan Cox
2001-08-07 15:16   ` Crutcher Dunnavant
2001-08-07 16:01     ` Chris Wedgwood
2001-08-07 14:37 encrypted swap David Maynor
2001-08-07 14:48 ` Billy Harvey
2001-08-07 16:03 ` Chris Wedgwood
2001-08-07 15:06 David Maynor
2001-08-07 15:11 ` Florian Weimer
2001-08-07 15:43   ` Joel Jaeggli
2001-08-07 15:30 ` Garett Spencley
2001-08-07 16:21 ` David Spreen
2001-08-08  8:11 ` Helge Hafting
2001-08-07 15:28 David Maynor
2001-08-07 15:51 ` Florian Weimer
2001-08-07 17:30 Encrypted Swap David Maynor
2001-08-07 17:27 ` Rik van Riel
2001-08-07 18:53 encrypted swap Torrey Hoffman
2001-08-07 19:15 ` Thomas Pornin
2001-08-07 19:23 ` Dan Podeanu
2001-08-07 19:48   ` Andreas Dilger
2001-08-07 20:04   ` Marty Poulin
2001-08-07 21:06   ` David Wagner
2001-08-07 21:56     ` D. Stimits
2001-08-07 21:44   ` Pavel Machek
2001-08-07 19:48 ` Justin Guyett
2001-08-07 20:05   ` Alan Cox
2001-08-07 20:17   ` Bill Rugolsky Jr.
2001-08-07 21:40 David Spreen
2001-08-17 17:10 Encrypted Swap David Christensen
2001-08-17 17:21 ` Richard B. Johnson
2001-08-17 18:41   ` Eric W. Biederman
2001-08-17 19:05     ` Dan Hollis
2001-08-18  9:52       ` Eric W. Biederman
2001-08-18 10:24         ` Nicholas Knight
2001-08-18 12:32           ` Eric W. Biederman
2001-08-17 19:20     ` Richard B. Johnson
2001-08-18 10:34       ` Eric W. Biederman
     [not found] <fa.kmbqblv.v3uvig@ifi.uio.no>
2001-08-18 14:53 ` Ted Unangst
2001-08-18 15:17   ` Mr. James W. Laferriere
2001-08-20 11:03   ` Helge Hafting

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