Hi, On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 6:42 AM, Kapil Hari Paranjape <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > [snip] > Conjunction of the following: > > A. Use a BIOS password to disable booting except from your > regular boot device. > > B. Use a grub password to prevent the selection of any boot > option except the standard one.
Sure, these are good suggestions. But the first thing that made our man reach the list was that he forgot the damned root password. And only since he forgot the root password he found out that security was lax. You can have BIOS passwords, you can have bootloader passwords and then you can have an encrypted FS. But the point I'm trying to make is that you CAN forget the root password or any other password, like the BIOS or the boot-loader password. And when you forget with all your protection - you can lock yourself out. I'd say unless you have stuff that you don't mind losing rather than the other guy getting his hands on it, like for example porn that you don't want you mother to know about, doing additional stuff to protect your PC from malicious physical access is an overkill. There are workarounds for various things. The BIOS password can be reset by removing the CMOS "keep-alive" cell. If you have a live CD, then the system is pretty much yours. I don't know about an encrypted FS. Cheers, -- Shuveb Hussain B I N A R Y K A R M A Chennai, India. Phone : +91 44-64621656 Mobile: +91 98403-80386 http://www.binarykarma.com _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
