Am 2007-04-21 12:45:38, schrieb Douglas Allan Tutty:
> To make it harder:
> secure the bios. You _could_ even have the bios need a password
> to boot the hard drive. Some bioses allow you to bring up a
> boot menu that bypasses the boot priority unless you require a
> password for everything.
>
> secure the boot loader so that anything except the default boot
> requires a password.
>
>
> OTOH, they can just pop the battery off the MB, and there's probably a
> way to make the initrd barf out to a shell.
...and BUY only harddisks which can have a power-up password as I use
it in my Laptops. Only the manufacturer can reset it, if someone has
stolen the hdd from you. (But before, you should register the harddisk
at the manufacturer so you can identify it...)
Thanks, Greetings and nice Day
Michelle Konzack
Systemadministrator
Tamay Dogan Network
Debian GNU/Linux Consultant
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