POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.off-topic : Paraniod : Re: Paraniod Server Time
7 Sep 2024 21:17:38 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Paraniod  
From: Chambers
Date: 5 Jul 2008 18:00:42
Message: <486fef0a$1@news.povray.org>
Tor Olav Kristensen wrote:
> Invisible wrote:
> ...
>> Now all the sysadmin needs to do is install a keylogger... oh, wait... 
>> ;-)
>>
>> Anything you can do, the sysadmin can undo. He controls the machine 
>> you're using. You can't win.
> ...
> 
> I think you can.
> 
> Just boot an OS from a media that he does not control.
> E.g. Knoppix from a CD or a memory stick.

Not good enough anymore.  Flash the machines' BIOS with custom code 
that'll load a hypervisor before loading any OS.

Granted, if your OS is sufficiently advanced, it'll notify you of the 
HV, but it won't be able to stop it.

...Chambers


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