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
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
** 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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