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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!noc.netcom.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!EU.net!sun4nl!sci.kun.nl!severus.mbfys.kun.nl!rhialto From: rhialto@mbfys.kun.nl (Olaf Seibert) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: Circumventing immutable file protections Date: 16 Aug 1995 13:05:55 GMT Organization: University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands Lines: 13 Distribution: world Message-ID: <40sqfj$gd4@wn1.sci.kun.nl> References: <DCvE8s.15A@candle.pha.pa.us> <4095br$3tj@kragar.kei.com> <409qef$t3n@Germany.EU.net> <DD4v3C.I6K@wlbr.iipo.gtegsc.com> <40h0on$5k6@park.uvsc.edu> <40j0iu$j13@hamlet.m-u-b.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: severus.mbfys.kun.nl Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.misc:159 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:584 In <40j0iu$j13@hamlet.m-u-b.de> toni@hamlet.m-u-b.de (Toni Mueller) writes: >If security is that important, I would probably try to make the machine >non-autobootable (kernel patch ?) so that any modified /etc/rc scripts would Just remove the bootblocks from the hard disk. On NetBSD, "disklabel -e -r" should do it. (I haven't tried this of course :) I assume the other BSDs do it the same or nearly the same way. -Olaf. -- ___ Copyright 1995 Olaf 'Rhialto' Seibert. All Rights Reserved. \X/ You are not allowed to read this using any kind of Micro$oft product.