RE: Bug#56821: Important security hole: mbr allows anyone to boot from a floppy.
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> Physical security is not the responsibility of the MBR. If some one has
> physical access to your system they can do whatever they like regardless.
>
Agreed -- the most useful solution I've been able to implement is to
use the BIOS configuration
features to disallow booting from floppy, then put a password on (at
least) the configuration
entry for the BIOS. Removing the feature from the software isn't
the solution.
Doug
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