> Sure you can put a tiny cdr into the drive, but what if the bios > doesn't even boot the cdr (or refuses to, and has a password). > What if it boots the hard drive while making it look like its > booting the CDR?
But my hypothetical CD-R kernels all print "Say farewell to Nova Scotia" on the screen just before entering user space for the first time. Or maybe it's only the kernels I boot on Mondays which use that particular message. Of course, *any* trust placed in a computing device other people have control over is risky (much fun could be had by storing away compressed snapshots of video memory every 5 minutes...all you need is a way to convince my kernel to call into the BIOS periodically...hmmm...how about that APM entry point?). You always need to draw a line somewhere. Dave Eckhardt
