Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 02:57:35 -0800 (PST)
From: Jonathan DuQueno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [LIB] BIOS password, protecting against thieves ..
Isn't it easy to get round a BIOS password by resetting the BIOS / Removing
the BIOS battery? Flashing the BIOS would also reset all BIOS settings.
I can't think of any partical way to make the hardware unusable once stolen.
Jose Tavares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 05:35:46 -0300
From: Jose Tavares
Subject: Re: [LIB] BIOS password, protecting against thieves ..
On Fri, 2006-03-24 at 16:55 -0800, Mikkel Breiler wrote:
> Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 01:26:44 +0100
> From: Mikkel Breiler
> Subject: Re: [LIB] BIOS password, protecting against thieves ..
>
> On Thu, 23 Mar 2006 21:23:25 -0800, Jose Tavares wrote:
>
> >Is there a way to make this machines totally unhackable?
>
> Yes, always bring it with you!
Until somebody puts a gun on your head and asks for your wallet .. :)
> >What I'm trying
> >to do is to turn my machine into a totally useless one in case of being
> >stolen..
>
> Change LILOs start message to BAD RAM and NO CPU DETECTED along with a 240
> second
> time out would be useful. the timeout shoudl be circumvented by you pressing a
> certain sequence of keys.
Good idea.. :)
But my lilo is just asking for password for any option selected.. That's
just fine ..
> >Maybe a totally unhackable will be impossible, tips are welcome ..
> >
> >I realized that the boot priority always show cd-rom or lan.. So, in
> >case someone swap the HDD for a clean one, the machine will be bootable
> >with other devices even if the thief doesn't have the BIOS password...?
>
> Correct.
>
> >I really don't care about my data because it's cloned but I really care
> >to make it useless to obligate the thief to return it for a reward.
>
> Why would you reward a theif? Get your insurrance company to pay for a new
> one.
Here in Brazil, no insurrance company deals with laptops. If any deals,
it'll cost too much because having a laptop stolen here is a common
fact..
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JA Tavares
