On Thu, 2007-12-27 at 15:22 -0600, Frank Cox wrote: > On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 22:07:07 +0100 > "Johnny Rosenberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > >>> On the Linux OSs I've used, you need a password by default to log > > > >>> in. You can drive a truck through that with a live cd. The one > > > >>> I've got let's you log in as administrator (Linux = root) and > > > >>> have your evil way with anything and everything on the hard > > > >>> drive. > > I just set a laptop up with Fedora 8 yesterday. > > The bios allowed me to disable booting from any device other than the hard > drive. > > The bios allowed me to password protect it so that can't be changed. > > I password-protected Grub so you can't tamper with the way that it boots. > > I made a custom GDM theme that includes the laptop owner's name, address and > email address. > > Short of physically removing the hard drive and putting it into something > else, > I don't think it would be practical to access this computer without the > relevant password that you require to login. And even at that, you can't > change the fact that the owner's name and address appear on the login screen > unless you have the root password. > > It certainly wouldn't be easy to tamper with this setup, and would probably be > beyond the abilities of the average laptop thief. ---- how long does the battery have to be removed before BIOS is reset?
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