Stego-empty hard drives... (fwd)

Reeza! howree at cable.navy.mil
Mon Sep 21 22:08:32 PDT 1998



At 10:48 AM 9/22/98 -0500, Jim Choate wrote:
>Forwarded message:
>
>> Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 09:32:49 -0500
>> From: Petro <petro at playboy.com>
>> Subject: Re: Stego-empty hard drives... (fwd)
>
>> 	Why prompt, you installed it, just have the startup stop at a
>> certain point, just simply pause. You hit a couple keys (4-8) and go on.
>> Given this case you don't really need the security of a long passphrase
>> since if they are looking to get in, you've lost already.
>
>You'll probably not want it to stop, simpy wait a few seconds. Also, if
>the passphrase is incorrect you'll not want to issue any error messages.
>
>Stopping the boot may be a good indication of a problem.
>

So offer the disclaimer that it is f*cked up and will be going straight to
the repair shop when you (the traveler) get back to "home". Who are they to
know the difference?

Reeza!







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