Warning messages.

[Rich Derr]

On Mon, Jun 28, 1999 at 10:36:46AM +0200, Werner Koch wrote:
> Rich Derr <rhd-gpg@webdesigngroup.com> writes:
> 
> >    Think outside the box.  An attacker can walk into your server
> > room and walk out with your box without breaking root.  I can
> 
> Sure, but I would install a trojan horse which has the advantage that
> nobody will notice it (in most cases).  A missing machine (or disk)
> should be detected very soon (in most cases).

   Which is why I have my high-value filesystem encrypted.  I'm
talking about a case where tamper-evidence, while important,
ultimately still leaves the user bankrupt.

   Until encrypted swap space is as availible as encrypted
filesystems are -- and both could obviously stand a big boost in
availibility -- the warning has meaning.

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Rich Derr, sysadmin                   Have ssh, Will Telecommute
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