* Matthias Kilian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-08-16 22:58]: > On Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 07:26:38PM +0000, Baldur Sigurpsson wrote: > [...] > > >Clever. A password-protected power switch... > > > > > > > Actually, I have configured the bios on my laptop to ask for a password > > before even loading any kernel or doing anything, and it was quite > > simple actually. not only is it good for security reasons, but it also > > gives me time to hit f12 or f2 to choose the boot-device or enter > > bios-setup;) > > Indeed, very secure. If I've physical access to your laptop, all I > need is a screwdriver to open it, pull out the disk and connect it > to another machine.
why the hassle, there are master passwords for those biosses, and they're not that hard to find out. -- BS Web Services, http://www.bsws.de/ OpenBSD-based Webhosting, Mail Services, Managed Servers, ... Unix is very simple, but it takes a genius to understand the simplicity. (Dennis Ritchie)
