Am 2007-04-21 12:45:38, schrieb Douglas Allan Tutty: > To make it harder: > secure the bios. You _could_ even have the bios need a password > to boot the hard drive. Some bioses allow you to bring up a > boot menu that bypasses the boot priority unless you require a > password for everything. > > secure the boot loader so that anything except the default boot > requires a password. > > > OTOH, they can just pop the battery off the MB, and there's probably a > way to make the initrd barf out to a shell.
...and BUY only harddisks which can have a power-up password as I use it in my Laptops. Only the manufacturer can reset it, if someone has stolen the hdd from you. (But before, you should register the harddisk at the manufacturer so you can identify it...) Thanks, Greetings and nice Day Michelle Konzack Systemadministrator Tamay Dogan Network Debian GNU/Linux Consultant -- Linux-User #280138 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org/ ##################### Debian GNU/Linux Consultant ##################### Michelle Konzack Apt. 917 ICQ #328449886 50, rue de Soultz MSN LinuxMichi 0033/6/61925193 67100 Strasbourg/France IRC #Debian (irc.icq.com)
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