Re: setting passwords before os loads
From: Volker Birk (bumens_at_dingens.org)
Date: 09/30/03
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Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 20:49:11 +0200
Daphne Eze <deze@shaw.ca> wrote:
> Is it possible to set a password before the operating system loads so
> that the computer will stop loading the os etc until it is supplied with
> the password? I tried setting it in the Bios but that only protected the
> bios.
Some Computers have also a possibility for doing that in BIOS.
But: you should not trust that, because BIOS passwords do not
have a high security level.
Better crypt your hard disk.
VB.
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