Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2006 22:06:30 +0100 From: VeeJay <maanjee@gmail.com> To: RW <list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Password Security Message-ID: <2cd0a0da0611241306t57325db4t11690f1aa856f738@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200611241211.31476.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> References: <2cd0a0da0611211941iae07787q3f433fb2c8ab1f22@mail.gmail.com> <20061123082520.af5d4265.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> <20061124163754.5a11ddef@localhost> <200611241211.31476.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com>
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On 11/24/06, RW <list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> wrote: > > On Friday 24 November 2006 05:37, Norberto Meijome wrote: > > Precisely - MS makes a very strong (and valid) point of saying that once > > 'the bad guys' have physical access to your box, the machine is owned. > > > > The was a (very cool) presentation in Ruxcon (ruxcon.org) this year > about > > hacking into someone's machine via Firewire. And even if it was an > exploit, > > neither the researcher/hacker nor MS would consider it "security issue", > > because to use this FW attack you need physical access... ie, you've > lost > > the battle already, it's just a matter of picking your method of > breaking > > in. > > I think that's a bit complacent of MS, given that most instances of their > OS > don't run on servers. > > If a desktop machine has encrypted partitions, it is protected against > someone > stealing it and breaking in at their convenience. Reading data from a > running > machine, shouldn't be as convenient and inconspicuous as plugging-in a > cable. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > But what about database encryption? Is it possible to encrypt mySQL database and what is the best method to encrypt which does not affect the performance? -- Thanks! BR / vj
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