Rich Teer wrote:
> On Fri, 4 Aug 2006, Alan DuBoff wrote:
>
>   
>> Security wise I might argue.
>>
>> It gives an unsuspecting user the ability to determine which disk boots at 
>> minimum.
>>
>> I'd like to hear from someone like Casper or Darren who work on the security 
>> team.
>>     
>
> One hting that comes to mind is the security password; is that
> encrypted in the OBP?
>
>   

Its not available via the /dev/openprom interface at all, as far as I
know.  I think it is never exposed at all outside of forth code,
although you can use eeprom to change it or to see the settings.

-- 
Garrett D'Amore, Principal Software Engineer
Tadpole Computer / Computing Technologies Division,
General Dynamics C4 Systems
http://www.tadpolecomputer.com/
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