full-disclosure - Fwd: How to Steal a Mainframe

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Message-ID: <20990000.1063207921@biber.york.ac.uk>
From: ajc22 at york.ac.uk (Arthur Clune)
Subject: Fwd: How to Steal a Mainframe 

--On 05/09/03 21:56:21 -0400 Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu wrote:

> Even
> a *small* S/390 or z-series system can have 48 channel cables on it, 128
> is not at all uncommon - and IBM uses some pretty hefty screws to hold
> them in place.

Just to point out the (maybe) obvious - why unscrew all those screws when 
you
can just cut the cables? After all, you are *stealing* the thing. Allow a 
little extra
time to tidy up all those loose ends of cables (shove them back under the 
floor?)
and away you go.

Arthur

-- 
Arthur Clune, Systems Security Advisor, The Computing Service
University of York, UK, YO10 5DD.  +44 (0) 1904 433129