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Quoting James Fidell <james@xxxxxxxxxxxx>: > tom wrote: >> On Thu, 2009-06-25 at 19:09 +0100, Paul Sutton wrote: >>> ... >>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8117064.stm >>> --- >> While I thoroughly approve of the software I would hate to think you >> could just walk into a school/college and stick in a USB stick and do >> ANYTHING with it >> Tom te tom te tom > > On the other hand, the logical extension of this is perhaps that you > could have "your" entire computing environment stored on some sort of > "ultra-portable" storage and could then use any PC just as a source of > CPU cycles and connectivity. To a limited extent it's probably possible > to do it already. > > There are obviously environments where it shouldn't be allowed, but in > the general case being able to walk up to any PC in the world and turn > it into your personal system just the same as you have it anywhere else > is a great concept. There are a number of Linux Distros out there aimed at "security professionals" that boot entirely from USB and the only record that they've been used is that the server has reboted. It's a very good way to lift data from a system. The only secure computer is ont that is switched off and sealed in concrete. M. -- Matthew Macdonald-Wallace matthew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.truthisfreedom.org.uk/ -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html