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Authored by: rebug on Apr 02, '02 04:28:44PM

Physical access always equals root access. Firewire Target Disk Mode just makes it marginally easier.



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physical access
Authored by: Moo0 on Apr 03, '02 05:09:21AM

is indeed the word here. If the laptop is running X, it's quite easy to run it in single-user mode (root) and have access to just about anything.

The fact that one can copy 5 gb of data in 10 minutes makes it EASIER for sure; which just proofs the point to never leave your laptop out of sight - not even for 10 minutes...



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