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Date:      Thu, 5 Jan 1995 10:06:22 +0000 (GMT)
From:      Aled Morris <aledm@relay-europe.ps.net>
To:        Sean Kelly <kelly@fsl.noaa.gov>
Cc:        spaz@u.washington.edu, FreeBSD-hackers@freefall.cdrom.com
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD on SCHOOL SYSTEMS????
Message-ID:  <Pine.3.89.9501051015.A10438-0100000@relay-europe.ps.net>
In-Reply-To: <199501041631.AA252817119@yarmouth.fsl.noaa.gov>

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On Wed, 4 Jan 1995, Sean Kelly wrote:

>     John> 	How do you keep folks from sticking a boot disk in;
>     John> logging in as root, and spamming the whole system?
> 
> With careful selection of PC BIOS.

When I worked at a University we gave up on the idea of putting the
machines in public rooms - not just because of boot-disk hackers, but
simply because they had access to the power switch! 

I believe the current biggest threat is SIMM theft.

Aled
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