> Erhm, sorry for raining on your parade, but you can do exactly the
> same thing on your Linux partition too. Boot with Knoppix, open a
> root shell and access all your Linux data.
>
yes, i know that. have done so with knoppix and grinned at the naked level of
access. but, you see, raj, gnulinux does not talk about 'pall eh dee dum' and
all that stuff. it talks about flaws nakedly and transparantly. and you can
atleast go as high as you wish with your security setttings. build a fort
knoppix if you will.
> There are no substitutes for:
>
> 1. Encrypting sensitive data, and
> 2. Keeping your system physically secure.
agreed. at one time, i used to think, the only secure system is a system
isolated, locked up in a basement, with no windows, double steel doors, a
radiation, emi shield, and no link whatsoever with the outside, and using its
own power source, such as a battery or a generator. with only a single-person
access, multiple security checks through combinations of physical locks,
obscure locations, biometric filters, and only *one* person knows the
physical location of the machine: the end user.
but, i am no longer sure even this is secure in today's distrustful world,
any longer.....
LL
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