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Regarding the 'opener' malware script
# Physically secure your machine, if possible. And how are these supposed to protect your machine? Good advice for the paranoid, but these will do nothing for Opener. These only make a difference if someone else knows your password, which is required to install it. So the only real advice is: Don't give out your password
Regarding the 'opener' malware script
There are additional problems beyond merely giving out your password.
physical access
if someone has physical access to your machine, they can restart it with the Install CD or via "single-user" mode and thus obtain 'root' privileges without the need for any password. Thus the admonition to physically secure your machine. For machines that are publicly accessible, it is essential to set the "open firmware" password to prevent the above.
more on physical access
The first poster should also know that all precautions, OF security modes and otherwise, go out the window if the machine's case is unlocked. A real padlock completes the 'reasonable' physical security checklist. Without a locked case, I wouldn't bother with OF mode changes, frankly. |
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