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On Friday 17 February 2006 23:49, Robert Larson wrote: |
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> On Friday 30 September 2005 02:02 pm, J.A. wrote: |
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> > I have a separate gateway/firewall (in.thesame.net) but I forgot the |
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> > user name and password. It was setup with openna.com security |
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> > procedures about four years ago. |
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> openna.com mentions nothing (I didn't see it) about securing your BIOS |
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> or boot loader. This means that you can download knoppix and boot it |
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> (assuming you have a bootable cdrom, you may need to change bios |
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> settings). |
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Don't forget the padlock on the case. Otherwise the bios can be reset, |
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including the password. Also be aware that most bios passwords can |
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easilly be cracked, so don't make it equal to another password. |
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Of course a padlock is not going to stop the really determined. One can |
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easilly open the case in a different way, or just cut the padlock away. |
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If you want real "security" the only way to go is to encrypt your |
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harddisk. (This means you need to type the passphrase for the key at |
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bootup, or have a dongle) |
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Paul |
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Paul de Vrieze |
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Gentoo Developer |
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Mail: pauldv@g.o |
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Homepage: http://www.devrieze.net |
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