Craig Boston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Um, wouldn't setting the password on a system in which the BIOS offers
> no ATA security support render the system unbootable? The BIOS would
> be unable to read the boot sector without first unlocking the disk...
You are assuming that there is only one
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> And while travelling, someone pickpockets you and takes the
> flash drive where you stored the key.
I never said you would store the password on the USB flash drive,
that drive is meant to serve mainly for booting FreeBSD. Secure
password storage is another issue altog
ALeine wrote:
You would
then take the USB flash drive with you and after returning home you
would repeat the procedure (assuming your drives were not stolen :->),
only issuing unlock and disable password commands. Another reboot and
you could boot off your drive(s).
And while travelling, someon
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Um, wouldn't setting the password on a system in which the BIOS
> offers no ATA security support render the system unbootable? The BIOS
> would be unable to read the boot sector without first unlocking the
> disk...
Correct, if BIOS is configured to try to boot only of
On Sun, Apr 03, 2005 at 09:19:19AM -0700, ALeine wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> There are some people who would want to be able to issue ATA security
> {set,unlock,disable} password and other commands, but have no BIOS user
> interface to change any of the ATA security settings.
Um, wouldn't
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Right, I did see that article but I've not settled on how if at
> all to deal with it. The by far most secure method would be to
> have ATA issue the freeze command ASAP in the probe/attach code,
> thats about one line of code :)
>
> At any rate atacontrol is not the pl
ALeine wrote:
Recent c't magazine article "At Your Disservice - How ATA security functions
jeopardize your data", which you can find at the URL below, warns about the
dangers of ATA security commands. Specifically, a malicious attacker with
sufficient access could render a disk useless to the legit
Recent c't magazine article "At Your Disservice - How ATA security functions
jeopardize your data", which you can find at the URL below, warns about the
dangers of ATA security commands. Specifically, a malicious attacker with
sufficient access could render a disk useless to the legitimate owner o
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