[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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