I have always been under the assumption to lock up a critical piece of
hardware where no one can get to it accept the person with the key or
possbily a crowbar.
rogern
John 3:16
From: Christian Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: black reaper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
CC: misc@openbsd.org
Subject: Re: Disable/Passprotect single user mode
Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 15:50:52 -0700
On 8/27/05, black reaper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Also, a BIOS password can be easily removed if one has physical access
to
> the box. The small CMOS battery can be popped out, and put back in (on
the
> motherboard), erasing your password.
>
Not always, actually. I have a Dell laptop that's rumored to store
the password in some kind of ROM. Whatever the technical aspects,
removing the battery (actually, cutting the leads to it) didn't remove
the password.
Note that I'm not actually suggesting this as an effective security
mechanism, since most of these laptops also have a "Master" password,
but this one didn't---or at least none of the ones I tried with the
help of a Dell support person worked. Still, just important to
realize that it may or may not be as easy as popping a battery out and
in.
--
Christian Jones
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