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Re: Is "linux single" a security concern?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Donnie Barnes)
Fri Nov 1 08:11:59 1996
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In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 31 Oct 1996 18:41:13 EST."
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Date: Fri, 01 Nov 1996 08:08:12 -0500
From: Donnie Barnes <djb@redhat.com>
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>> It is more secure to go into the BIOS settings and require a password
>> to boot the machine.
>
>Most BIOS passwords are also trivially crackable. There is a DOS program
>called AMICRACK that supposedly will retrieve a "lost" AMI BIOS password.
The new ATX form factor cases that I use have a lock tab on the case
so you can padlock the case shut. The ATX motherboards all have a
jumper to *disable* BIOS entry, and the BIOS does allow you to turn
off the booting from floppy. Add the password to LILO and you are
pretty secure...
--Donnie
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