FreeBSD6 Unleashed

Physical Security

The most secure system in the world can always be compromised if there’s a possibility that an unauthorized person can gain physical access to the server machine itself, because no amount of software security can defend against a guy with a screwdriver.

Secure co-location facilities are vital for a commercial or otherwise high-profile Internet server. Such a facility provides locked server cabinets in locked machine rooms, and only employees of the facility are generally allowed to open the cabinets and physically access the machines. Your system might itself be in a rack-mounted case with a locked front panel and BIOS security measures that warn you if the panel has been removed. In the best case scenario, the co-location facility ...