Maintaining Physical Security

To control access to your system, you must maintain the physical security of your computing environment. For instance, a machine that is logged in and left unattended is vulnerable to unwanted access. An intruder can gain access to the operating system and to the network. The computer's surroundings and the computer hardware should be physically protected from unauthorized access.

You can protect a SPARC machine from unwanted access to the hardware settings. Use the eeprom(1M) command to require a password to access the PROM. See How to Require a Password for Hardware Access for more information.