Re: [POSSIBLE GRAVE SECURITY HOLD]
>>"Pierre" == Pierre Beyssac <beyssac@enst.fr> writes:
Pierre> Let me restate: what purpose, in terms of system usability, do the
Pierre> keyboard-controlled floppy (or any other partition) boot functions
Pierre> of _this_ MBR serve, that the BIOS or Lilo cannot accomplish?
Pierre> I obviously agree that you need a MBR. Why, of all the MBRs in the
Pierre> world, is this dangerous MBR installed instead of Lilo's MBR or
Pierre> any other secure MBR?
Allow me to boot my machine, bypassing LILO, when I have
screwed lilo up? Can you tell me how to accomplish that with a less
featureful mbr?
You want a heideously secure machine, you can configure the MBR.
manoj
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