On 9/6/05, Steve Yates <steve at teamits dot com> wrote:
> On Mon, 05 Sep 2005 14:50:01 -0600
> Dave Warren <maillist at devilsplayground dot net> wrote:
> 
> > plus an option in the GUI+console that would
> > restore the XML from floppy
> 
>         There is one in the GUI under backup/restore.  A console option would
> be nice, but that allows anyone with physical access control over the
> firewall.  Then again, anyone with physical access could still mess up
> the network interfaces or just turn it off.  Perhaps m0n0wall should
> require a password before allowing console access?
> 

or just pull the drive, mount it in another machine, and pull the
config from it.  Or boot the machine from any number of Live CD's and
pull the config directly over to a floppy, USB key, etc.

There is an option to disable the console menu, password protection
was discussed at the same time and not implemented.  Given the limited
ability to do anything directly at the console, password protection is
the least of your worries from someone that has physical access.

-Chris