|>I thought you had more insight. All of OpenBSD's security is |at risk with |>this technology. |> |The security features of an OS will not stop a physical attack, no |matter how well designed. This is no different than the admin leaving |root's password on a post-it note stuck to the underside of the file |drawer. If you don't trust your physical environment, change it. In |this case, I'd remove the 'secure' flag from ttyCn, and use either a |serial console or SSH in from a keyboard I trusted (by buying |it myself |from a retailer, and using appropriate tamper-evident tape).
One Time Passwords such as skey(1) are also good for insecure environments. Ben.