Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!pacbell!att-ih!ttrdc!levy From: levy@ttrdc.UUCP (Daniel R. Levy) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: Big fun with Sys V Drivers Message-ID: <2598@ttrdc.UUCP> Date: 21 Apr 88 22:37:27 GMT References: <406@paisano.UUCP> <5500019@snail> Organization: AT&T, Skokie, IL Lines: 14 In article <5500019@snail>, carroll@snail.CS.UIUC.EDU writes: $ $ We manage about 30 3b2's here, and having a bootable UNIX floppy $ is a *big* win. I strongly recommend building one if you are going to $ be doing maintainence. You have to be a little careful, though, since the $ existence of these disks implies that there is no security for any $ publicly accessible 3b2 (i.e., anyone with such a disk can become $ root on a system, mount the disk, and have fun). That's what the firmware password is to protect against. -- |------------Dan Levy------------| Path: ihnp4,!ttrdc!levy | AT&T | I'm not a real hacker, but I play one on | Data Systems Group | USENET. If you think that AT&T endorses |--------Skokie, Illinois--------| my opinions, I've a nice bridge to sell ya.