[Ti] FW: TiBook 1GHz/SuperDrive US Mac OS ROM file?

Chris Olson chris at astcomm.net
Mon Dec 30 10:32:20 PST 2002


Luke Mazzeri wrote:

> Physical access has ALWAYS been very dangerous as far as security is 
> concerned.  Period.   The next weakest link or maybe even THE weakest 
> link in the security world is the HUMAN.
> 
> People are normally the most common failure point in the security chain.
> 
> The right kind of Social Engineering will get you into just about any 
> system if done right.

Indeed.  When someone with malicious intent has physical access, the 
only real way to safeguard the machine is to unplug it, and crouch 
behind it with a shotgun.  Root access can be gained via bootable CDROM 
or floppy disk (although not with a current Mac) too.
-- 
Chris Olson
Network Administrator
AST Communications,  Inc.
Barron,  WI   USA




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