[mythtv-users] Forgot password; Choose door A, B or C?

[Hika van den Hoven]

Hoi Leif,

Friday, April 25, 2014, 3:42:05 AM, you wrote:


> On Apr 24, 2014, at 7:01 PM, James Linder wrote:

>> 
>> On 25 Apr 2014, at 3:04 am, mythtv-users-request at mythtv.org wrote:
>> 
>>> OK, OK, OK... 
>>> Thank you for all the responses. 
>>> 
>>> For now, it's enough to know that it CAN be secured.
>>> I don't actually have to DO such securing to my machines as of this time. 
>> 
>> 
>> That is naive!! You cannot secure the hardware !! Your ONLY option is to limit access to the hardware else I promise that all the goodworks in the world are a minor distraction to determined attack


> PERHAPS, but I'm a rookie, my plate is very full as it it with
> family life, and I'm so behind in understanding (and/or remembering)
> some very basic command-line tasks that going that extra step is just not necessary right now.

> Besides, the box is on our house's side of the router, in a closet,
> and nobody but I fiddle with the keyboard and mouse.

> When the kids grow older?  Yup.  You'll have a point.  Just not in
> the here and now today that I live in.  

You should keep all in perspective, your not running a high value
company server. But at the same time you should be aware of the risk
and take measures according to your situation. In normal home networks
the main risks come from internet through your router not from vandals
or criminals in your house. But at the same time if your having a big
party with a lot of people coming, your sensible to secure the
physical context. Most computer hacks are initiated by someone having
physical access or someone being careless with his or her passwords!


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