A BIOS password is only a minor obstacle. All
motherboards have a jumper on them to reset the bios
password. The bottom line is: the only way to prevent
your notebook from being stolen is to leave it at
home.
If you are woried about your data, most theives will
not bother with data. They wipe the hard drive clean
and sell it. If they want your data, a password is
also only a minor obstacle. If they slave your drive,
password protection will not help. Passwords are only
useful if they are trying to break in over a network.
-Rick
--- Adrian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> As I'm always wandering about town with my laptop,
> I'm rather concerned about
> it being stolen (i.e. growing legs and walking away
> when I turn my back). I
> have a Kensington lock to use but that's not always
> a feasible option. Right
> now I am using the BIOS's password option and a
> strong Linux password which
> basically means if someone did steal the laptop it
> would be useless, even if
> they swapped the hard drive or inserted a floppy.
> Unfortunately, this also
> means it has no real value to the crook and they
> would probably just toss it in
> the trash and move on.
> I've heard several stories of people tracking their
> stolen laptops down after
> an installed client like Seti/DES/etc. phoned in
> with results. Just wondering
> what other people are doing. Would it be "safer" to
> do this (or a custom daemon
> that silently dials up if a pass program isn't run)
> and just leave the BIOS
> password off? Are there any other solutions out
> there that you like? Just an
> informal survey.
>
> Adrian
> --
> - I just tried this on my old Packard Bell 486/66
> w/4MB (Hey ...
> - shut-up! I was young, ignorant, and didn't know
> anything about
> - hardware or quality manufacturers.).
>
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