Indeed, trying to do this post firmware adds no security, only
frustration. In any case, hdparm had the ability to do this added long
ago, so this can be considered fixed.
** Changed in: hdparm (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Fix Released
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According to my understanding and based on what Jonas wrote above and
also [1], doing the freeze post-BIOS would be useless securitywise; it's
not even a workaround, as any malicious software then just inserts
itself into the MBR. This really needs to be fixed at the BIOS level to
be effective at a
Hey, it's 2011 and it still doesn't freeze by default. This should
really be changed.
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/14862
Title:
Freezing all security settings on ATA hard disks
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Bug #90557 has been fixed in Hardy, so freezing the security settings is
possible now by simply setting security_freeze in /etc/hdparm.conf.
The question that remains is whether we should freeze by default.
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Freezing all security settings on ATA hard disks
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/14862
** Changed in: hdparm (Ubuntu)
Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed
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Freezing all security settings on ATA hard disks
https://launchpad.net/bugs/14862
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