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On Sat, 13 Oct 2007 06:50:16 -0400, Warp wrote:
> Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospam com> wrote:
>> > You mean some OS can stop someone from booting from a CD and wiping
>> > the HDs, for example?
>
>> My brand-new HP Pavillion has settings in the hardware that do just
>> that,
>
> The hardware is not the OS.
No, really? In the end, I don't care if it's the OS or the hardware, if
I can restrict the usage in a corporate environment in that way, I don't
particularly care which it is.
The end result is what *I'm* looking at.
>> in fact. Password protect the bios and disallow booting from any
>> device other than the hard drive.
>
> Bios settings can be reset, and hard drives can be physically
> transferred
> to other computers.
Sure, so what you do is lock it in a room where only authorized users can
access it, bolt it to the desk, and lock the case. Sure, they *could*
come in with a sawzall and cut the lock, bolts, or case open, but they're
likely to be seen.
Computer security ain't just about the OS, it's about the entire system.
If you try to practice security using *only* the OS, you *will* fail.
> Bios passwords are only a deterrent. They are not secure.
Again, depends on the level of physical access to the system.
Jim
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