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From: Skip Tavakkolian <9nut@9netics.com>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] writing code
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 23:45:19 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <9ddf10eced42d0f589a837aecb106cfb@9netics.com> (raw)

>> i think it's realistic.  a boot cd would get you the same access.
>> if you get physical machine access, you win.  typing a password
>> to authenticate to the local system gives you the feeling of
>> security, not actual security.
>
> yes, if I get physical acccess, I win. I'll just tear the thing to bits
> and boot it with an ICE :-) I don't even care if I mark up the pretty
> plastic.
>

Possession is 9/10th of security.  The boot cd is the other 1/10th.



             reply	other threads:[~2005-02-18  7:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 63+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-02-18  7:45 Skip Tavakkolian [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2005-03-01 16:29 Roland Dowdeswell
2005-02-18 18:27 andrey mirtchovski
2005-02-18 18:35 ` rog
2005-02-18 18:53   ` andrey mirtchovski
2005-02-18 20:57     ` rog
2005-02-18 20:39       ` Charles Forsyth
2005-02-18 21:05       ` andrey mirtchovski
2005-02-17 17:53 [9fans] Evolving rio / GUI development Russ Cox
2005-02-17 22:21 ` [9fans] writing code rog
2005-02-17 22:29   ` Ronald G. Minnich
2005-02-18  1:27     ` Russ Cox
2005-02-18  4:48       ` Ronald G. Minnich
2005-02-18  4:51         ` lucio
2005-02-18 18:22           ` rog
2005-02-18 19:05             ` Paul Lalonde
2005-02-18 19:21               ` rog
2005-02-21  7:10             ` Kenji Okamoto
2005-02-21  7:26               ` Tiit Lankots
2005-02-21  7:48                 ` Kenji Okamoto
2005-02-21  8:00                   ` Tiit Lankots
2005-02-21 23:49                   ` rog
2005-03-01  1:30                     ` Kenji Okamoto
2005-02-21 10:08                 ` Richard Miller
2005-02-21 10:09                 ` Steve Simon
2005-02-18 21:09           ` Ronald G. Minnich
2005-02-18  4:58         ` Paul Lalonde
2005-02-18  5:12           ` andrey mirtchovski
2005-02-18 14:57             ` Ronald G. Minnich
2005-02-18  5:01       ` Ronald G. Minnich
2005-02-18 19:34       ` Tim Newsham
2005-02-18 19:49         ` David Leimbach
2005-02-18 19:59           ` Christopher Nielsen
2005-02-18 21:36             ` rog
2005-02-18 22:14               ` Christopher Nielsen
2005-02-19  9:15             ` David Leimbach
2005-02-19 20:20               ` Bruce Ellis
2005-05-08 16:15         ` Ralph Corderoy
2005-02-17 22:52   ` Charles Forsyth
2005-02-17 23:12     ` rog
2005-02-17 22:52   ` Christopher Nielsen
2005-02-17 23:02     ` boyd, rounin
2005-02-18  0:20       ` jmk
2005-02-18  0:54         ` boyd, rounin
2005-02-17 23:04     ` Ronald G. Minnich
2005-02-17 23:07       ` rog
2005-02-17 23:17         ` Christopher Nielsen
2005-02-17 23:33           ` rog
2005-02-17 23:42             ` Russ Cox
2005-02-18  0:07   ` Steve Simon
2005-02-18  1:20   ` Russ Cox
2005-02-18  9:53     ` C H Forsyth
2005-02-18 12:17       ` boyd, rounin
2005-02-18  4:21   ` Russ Cox
2005-02-18 16:03     ` rog
2005-02-18 16:04     ` rog
2005-02-18 18:52     ` rog
2005-02-18 19:01       ` Russ Cox
     [not found]         ` <53b78d28ce9ff18f6dc22cc280fc92ef@quintile.net>
2005-02-21 15:54           ` Russ Cox
2005-02-18 19:50       ` Charles Forsyth
2005-02-18 20:42         ` rog
2005-02-18 20:32           ` Charles Forsyth
2005-02-18 21:06             ` rog
2005-02-18 21:49       ` McLone

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