Re: BIOS and Hard Drive Passwords - Are they effective security approaches?
From: Jim Watt (jimwatt_at_aol.no.way)
Date: 05/24/03
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Date: Sat, 24 May 2003 00:05:29 +0200
On Fri, 23 May 2003 22:13:11 +0100, "Agent Mimic" <null@void.net>
wrote:
>"Jim Watt" <jimwatt@aol.no.way> wrote in message
>news:9ljrcvold5alu7123uusb5m4moe8hd4unn@4ax.com...
>> On Fri, 23 May 2003 03:44:00 +0100, "Agent Mimic" <null@void.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >What are the "hard drive" passwords you speak of ?
>>
>> This is a facility built into the disk firmware and is very
>> secure. its used by IBM and some other laptop makers
>> and provides excellent data protection.
>>
>> I'm still working on it.
>> --
>> Jim Watt http://www.gibnet.com
>
>Sounds interesting, ill have to look into that further, cheers.
the ATA3 specification is the thing to read.
-- Jim Watt http://www.gibnet.com
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