On Tuesday 16 August 2005 15:48, Matthias Kilian wrote:
> 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.
> 
> Ciao,
>       Kili

That won't do you any good if the disk password has also been set.

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