As I rely more on my home lab server, I’m starting to worry more about it getting stolen. If someone breaks into my home, I think the server will be a pretty attractive target.
Do y’all just stick it in a closet? That seems not great for cooling…
One of my neighbors recently got broken into.
Genuine question how hard would it be to rig some form of self destruct to a drive that has to be deactivated before power is lost to it. Obviously their would be a backup power solution for if mains power was lost but would it be feasible and doable without breaking any laws inherently (eg being a trap and killing the thief).
I’m not asking for a friend but I also don’t ever plan to use this knowledge I’m just genuinely curious.
There have been some interesting DEFCON talks on the subject.
DEFCON 19: And That’s How I Lost My Eye: Exploring Emergency Data Destruction (w speaker) / Invidious: Nadeko or instance selection
DEF CON 23 - Zoz - And That’s How I Lost My Other Eye…Explorations in Data Destruction (Fixed) / Invidious: Nadeko or instance selection
Some of the Invidious instances are busted due to recent changes but Nadeko seems to be working for now.