Re: Bug#56821: [POSSIBLE GRAVE SECURITY HOLD]
On Wed, Feb 02, 2000 at 06:11:24PM +0100, Pierre Beyssac wrote:
> I can't understand why everyone insists on keeping this MBR since its
> "features" serve strictly _NO_ useful purpose other than bypassing
> Lilo and BIOS security, so the argument that removing it would impair
> the system's ease of use is totally flawed.
Boot time flexibility is useful for solving "machine won't boot" crisis
situations.
The right solution here is to make it easy to understand what the
capabilities of the system are. [And, if I can be a bit philosophical,
that's the purpose of security restrictions: to make it easy to understand
what the machine will do.]
--
Raul
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