🚀 go-pugleaf

In <1992Oct5.182237.17441@unislc.uucp> erc@unislc.uucp writes:

>...
>  : Just ANY sort of password protection scheme can be bypassed if you are
>  : able to boot the machine from a diskette. No matter if you use UNIX
>  : SVR4 or CP/M with a login add-on :-)
>  
>  Not if the password protection scheme encrypts your hard drive. :)

But if this is desirable is a frequently discussed topic...
If you encrypt your hard disk you risk a total loss of data if the key
gets lost. The key may be a password that gets forgotten or a special
'emergency' boot disk that is lost or accidentally erased, or
whatever.
I prefer a readable hard disk, and that at least *I* can in case of
accident boot from a disk and 'hack' it up (has already happened), and
having my machine physically locked from intruders.



MfG,
        Olaf
-- 
    o     Olaf Titz - comp.sc.student - univ of karlsruhe - germany
 _ /<_    s_titz@iravcl.ira.uka.de - uknf@dkauni2.bitnet - praetorius@irc
(_)>(_)   +49-721-60439 - did i forget something?
One frequently hears horror expressed that a 2M byte machine may have 400K
 devoted to its operating system... - Fred Brooks (1975)