RE: ThinkPad A20 bios question

[Mark Merchant]

>I have run into a client who has set a supervisor (or is a supervisor I
>was a little confused by the description) password on the bios of a
>ThinkPad A20.


there are BIOS proggies available to reset system passwords if
the PC is bootable. you'll need to search around.

also many BIOS's have back door passwords or generic passwords,
or sometimes an "equivalent" password can be computed. ( this is a
password that *equals* the old password after it has been hashed )

try searching the hack sites for BIOS or CMOS passwords, i have
seen several such lists of back door passwords.

-MM-