| From: | Lehlan Decker <decker@****.FSU.EDU> |
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| Subject: | Re: Hacking Security Tallies (Was Re: Weird Campaigns) |
| Date: | Thu, 21 May 1998 15:50:14 -0500 |
> >Yep, I agree with this one, for the hard core ultra-secure places. But
> >for the less secure places, it may be a bit more painful.
>
> I can't imagine any Green or higher system NOT requiring a special
> hardware procedure to modify the basic security setup. You can't
> locate the ICE's executeable file and delete it before it gets triggered, for
> example. There is NO reason a legitimate remote user should be able to
> reconfigure the security on your system. You should only need to do
> that a couple of times a year.
>
Yes and no. I do and have friends who do alot of consulting. Being
able to do EVERYTHING remotely is often necessary. (its why
I love Unix over NT, IMHO :)). Its always a tradeoff.
Besides the other part is what is more expensive/time consuming to upgrade
hardware or software. (Imagine everytime a new version of sendmail
came out, having to go around to each box, pull out an old card and
put in a new one). Ah well..the problem is as always, real life analogies
don't always translate perfectly to shadworun. :)
> For an ultra-secure system, there would be the key, plus a keypad for
> password. The key could only be turned when the machine was OFF,
> and the machine would not connect to the matrix until the key was
> turned back to the "secure" position. In addition, any time the key was in
> place, the room lighting would go red and a bell would sound, all under
> hardware--not software--control.
>
True. For an ultra-secure system I'll buy it. (Most of the Ultra Secure
systems I've thought up, aren't even connected to the matrix directly.
Usually via somesort of proxy server, or one way gateway).
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