Yeah .. i too have always subscribed to the fact that everything depends on
how bad u want something done...nothing is impossible...all i want is not to
make it easy ...
Well looks like the encryption method is the way to go...
Thanks for your advice.
On Mon, Oct 04, 1999 at 11:56:28AM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > I recently purchased my laptop and the issue of securing your data on the
> > laptop came to my mind.
> >
> > I thought up of a few measures to make accessing the data on my laptop more
> > difficult if it was stolen (which i hope will not happen). However, I am
> > quite sure that there are holes which i did not consider and I just thought of
> > throwing this issue out for anybody who might have comments.
> >
> > 1. I set the boot sequence to the harddisk then the floppy and cd-rom
> > 2. I password protected the bios setup so that changes to the boot sequence
> > requires a calid password.
> > 3. I set the lilo to be password protected so that linux single will not work
> > wthout a valid password.
>
> Good first steps. Keep in mind that if someone really wants your data, they'll
> get it. I could step around these measures by a) removing the hard drive, and
> connecting it to another machine or b) removing the laptops battery, and the
> CMOS battery to clear CMOS settings.
>
> If your data is truly confidential and important, consider using strong
> encryption. You can use encryption either on a file-by-file basis, or by using
> an encrypted filesystem (there's been some talk on linux-kernel about this
> recently).
>
> Moral of the story - if someone wants the data on your hard drive badly enough,
> they will find a way to get it. Just make sure it doesn't do them any good.
>
> >
> > Anyone has any comments on how someone who steal my laptop can access the data
> > inside after I have done the three measures?
> > (I am an ignorant idiot so if i did something really foolish just gently tell
> > me)
> >
> > Anyway just thought this might be an interesting issue that many experienced
> > users might have good suggestions.
> >
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