Re: Sparc Solaris NIS client Linux NIS server

Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote:
....
>
> Hey, I've done some significant security work. (Also for some big companies,
> though never as a direct member of the security team.) I particularly loved
> explaining to the security guys that setting a BIOS password to avoid
> booting from the CD drive is easily beatable by crashing the machine 3 times
> in a row, causing the BIOS to reset to default values and disabling the
> serial console access they considered so vital to resetting BIOS values
> remotely.
>
> They..... weren't happy about that.
>
>

Easiest way to crash a computer is with a sledge hammer.

Security folks forget that sometimes.
.

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