RE: Problems with root on network clients

2000-11-27 Thread Alex Swavely
Pretty basic: remove the floppy drives (or if your users really need them - don't know why - disable them booting in bios). Set a bios boot password and a bios change password (to different things, of course.) Finally, there usually is this nice tab with a hole sticking out the back of many cases

RE: Problems with root on network clients

2000-11-27 Thread Alex Swavely
Pretty basic: remove the floppy drives (or if your users really need them - don't know why - disable them booting in bios). Set a bios boot password and a bios change password (to different things, of course.) Finally, there usually is this nice tab with a hole sticking out the back of many case

Re: Problems with root on network clients

2000-11-27 Thread Giacomo Mulas
Just a suggestion: install free s-wan (ipsec) in the computers in your network, which will take care of securing the underlying IP connection, and then run whatever you want on top of it. IPSec is a bit intensive on CPU, but, if correctly implemented, is definitely secure. I remember somebo

Re: Problems with root on network clients

2000-11-27 Thread Giacomo Mulas
Just a suggestion: install free s-wan (ipsec) in the computers in your network, which will take care of securing the underlying IP connection, and then run whatever you want on top of it. IPSec is a bit intensive on CPU, but, if correctly implemented, is definitely secure. I remember someb