Re: BIOS and Hard Drive Passwords - Are they effective security approaches?

From: Jim Watt (jimwatt_at_aol.no.way)
Date: 06/20/03 

Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 18:39:04 +0200

On Mon, 09 Jun 2003 21:18:33 +0300, Gabriel Levi <gabi@dao2com.com>
wrote:

>Background
>BIOS, is a ROM chip, in accordance to every ROM memory chip in the
>market today the BIOS also uses electricity to retain its definitions
>(this is why the CMOS cloack "always" up-to-date)
>Where does it take power from...cord?...generator? no....from a small
>(usually 3V) battery....

Total uninformed BOLLOCKS

>So What......
>So...if definitions (IDE, PCI, Cloack and yes also password) are retaind
> using battery powersupply cuting this elec. will delete the definitios.
>
>Realy ???? how???
>1. Get access to the MotherBoard (it is mother board day)
>2.Locate the battery. (will not be diff. marked with (+) and (-) and
>have a XXV and look like battery.
>3.Take a simple conductor (a copper wire will do the trick) short-circut
> the plus (+) with the minus (-).

More uninformed bollocks.

>Avvvvwallla, all definitions erased, default setting will be placed
>instead.
>
>Those who knew this....good... thos who didnt...enjoy.

Try it with a laptop ...

>P.S Breaking HD password is not much harder, a simple diskedit tool with
>access to MBR will do the trick.

Are you competing for dickhead of the year award?

read the fucking thread. Its not in the MBR. 

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Jim Watt          http://www.gibnet.com