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Re: [POSSIBLE GRAVE SECURITY HOLD]



ruud@ruud.org (Ruud de Rooij) writes:

> John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org> writes:
> 
> > Note that even Sun machines
> > can easily be halted and the BIOS entered -- at runtime -- by anyone
> > sitting at the keyboard.
> 
> Although I agree with the rest of your post, I have to add to this
> point that access the BIOS monitor on a Sun machine can be protected
> by a password.

Noted.

> 
> 	- Ruud de Rooij.
> -- 
> ruud de rooij | ruud@ruud.org | http://ruud.org

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