From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 18 22:23:39 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D719116A403 for ; Mon, 18 Sep 2006 22:23:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from backyard1454-bsd@yahoo.com) Received: from web83112.mail.mud.yahoo.com (web83112.mail.mud.yahoo.com [216.252.101.41]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7F46943D77 for ; Mon, 18 Sep 2006 22:23:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from backyard1454-bsd@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 64098 invoked by uid 60001); 18 Sep 2006 22:23:35 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:Received:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=AGdbFFCnBiPTalBERf64tQTIF98Vdm4cYDP9zpHZ0BJ1R+HZajsdzrgN+xNkEdE/NY3/24taKt/3msrXoUFX2WAZjnmnmEKEjWgyF02owBoJfvzrsNR58WSzipQZ08f7KNBqbuWAy4frboVp5cAbUFVeRJfJmhiwecKNv/LqF7M= ; Message-ID: <20060918222335.64096.qmail@web83112.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Received: from [63.240.228.37] by web83112.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Mon, 18 Sep 2006 15:23:35 PDT Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 15:23:35 -0700 (PDT) From: backyard To: Bob , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <200609181607.06934.bob@tania.servebbs.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: Subject: Re: rebooting into single user mode on a remote server X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: backyard1454-bsd@yahoo.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 22:23:39 -0000 --- Bob wrote: > On Monday 18 September 2006 13:51, backyard wrote: > > > By call-back mode do you mean log into the system > via > > network and have it call your local system for > > administration > > No.... modems like the US Robotics V.Everything can > be programmed with a > call-back feature. You dial up the modem, it askes > you for a password, you > supply the password, and it then hangs up on you, > picks up the line, and > calls back a configured phone number. You program > the modem to call YOU back > on a number which has a modem connected, and waiting > for an inbound data > call..... your modem answers, and you are connected. > You then negotiate > access to the server (name/passwd) over the serial > link. > > If the remote is connected to the the target serial > port consol, you have a > pretty hack-proof (nothing is really hack-proof) > console access. The modem > will only call a pre-set number, so even if someone > got your password, the > modem would only call you, not the hacker. > > Bob > > _______________________________________________ > 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" > so thats why the Couriers were the Cadillacs of the phone lines... Never had one with such fancyness built-in to it. That is good to know for the future. I would concur security is an illusion we fill with smoke and mirrors to confuse management... I especially like messing with IT at my job when they tell me they have locked access off the network with a new administrators password and Windows Server 2003... Of course they don't lock the doors on the server room so I can go in there with a boot disk of my liking and gain access to whatever I want, or run a bulk tape eraser passed the RAIDS... :) now if I can just convince the head of IT he doesn't need that Courier V.Everything anymore... -brian