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From: jmb@patton.sgi.com (Jim Barton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Re: security (was: Single user mode)
Summary: Not just SGI
Message-ID: <34729@sgi.SGI.COM>
Date: 7 Jun 89 16:42:04 GMT
References: <99*doelz@urz.unibas.ch>
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Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mountain View, CA
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In article <99*doelz@urz.unibas.ch>, doelz@urz.unibas.ch (Reinhard Doelz) writes:
	[ yet another example of how to get into a 4D ]
> 
> - Reinhard

Just remember, no machine is safe if you can get at the physical machine and
console.  True of VAX'es, SUN's and everything else in the world.  The only
"secure" machine is one in a locked room with no network attached.

If you're really paranoid, the room should have an isolation transfer and
be constructed as a Faraday cage as well.  You'll also need an armed gaurd
to make sure nobody unwanted gets in.

-- Jim Barton
Silicon Graphics Computer Systems    "UNIX: Live Free Or Die!"
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