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Rich Freeman wrote: |
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> If you're worried about casual thieves then just about any kind of |
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> properly-implemented encryption will stop them. |
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> If you're worried about a government official specifically tasked with |
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> retrieving your computer, my understanding is that it is SOP these |
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> days to retrieve your computer without powering it off for just this |
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> reason. They won't use your UPS to do it. Typically they remove the |
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> plug just far enough to expose the prongs, slide in a connector that |
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> connects it to a UPS, and then they pull it out the rest of the way |
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> now powered by the UPS. |
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> See something like: |
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> http://www.cru-inc.com/products/wiebetech/hotplug_field_kit/ |
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> Presumably somebody who is determined will also have the means to |
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> retrieve the contents of RAM once they seize your computer. Besides |
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> directlly accessing the memory bus I think most motherboards are not |
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> designed to be secure against attacks from PCI/firewire/etc. |
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> Rich |
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Now that is wicked. Like I said, this could get crazy. ROFL Thing is, |
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with Linux, it could be set up to run a script so that if say the |
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keyboard/mouse/some other device is removed, it runs shutdown. It seems |
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the biggest thing as for as Govt goes, having it do something they can't |
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anticipate it doing that locks things down or does a rm -rfv /* or some |
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other nasty command. |
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I might add, on a older rig I tried that command once. I ran rm -rfv /* |
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and it didn't erase everything like I thought it would. I figured the |
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command would be loaded in ram and would run until the end of the / |
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structure. It didn't. I can't recall how far it got now but I think it |
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was in the /proc directory. I figure it deleted the process and sort of |
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forgot to finish. It's been a while since I did that tho. Details are |
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fuzzy. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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