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

From: Jim Watt (jimwatt_at_aol.no.way)
Date: 05/23/03


Date: Fri, 23 May 2003 09:35:04 +0200

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.

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Jim Watt          http://www.gibnet.com


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