From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JeAOX-0007RP-2e for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:44:57 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0F048E07A2; Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:44:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.digimed.co.uk (82-69-83-178.dsl.in-addr.zen.co.uk [82.69.83.178]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 97BBBE07A2 for ; Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:44:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from loonquawl.digimed.co.uk (loonquawl.digimed.co.uk [192.168.1.5]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id D76D82FD182 for ; Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:44:52 +0000 (GMT) Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:44:34 +0000 From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Recovering root password Message-ID: <20080325144434.5b596f3d@loonquawl.digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <68b1e2610803250508r3c3a834xa7efe1c3e0047984@mail.gmail.com> References: <49bf44f10803241330r3b447b4bkde7a062c73905b94@mail.gmail.com> <200803250741.46180.uwix@iway.na> <68b1e2610803250103o36ee7fe5n1aab9f6399e56a0f@mail.gmail.com> <200803251025.17569.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> <20080325091213.0e771c9d@loonquawl.digimed.co.uk> <68b1e2610803250508r3c3a834xa7efe1c3e0047984@mail.gmail.com> Organization: Digital Media Production X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.3.1cvs37 (GTK+ 2.12.9; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7260 0F33 97EC 2F1E 7667 FE37 BA6E 1A97 4375 1903 Face: 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 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Sig_/pHB6+G_OVKOIPgWzho._dkE"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 X-Archives-Salt: 6e54c3f9-f439-4356-808b-83455d77b2dc X-Archives-Hash: 83e3bb8f20621b2ea787e34568469496 --Sig_/pHB6+G_OVKOIPgWzho._dkE Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:08:04 +0100, Liviu Andronic wrote: > I'd say the BIOS is not much of a security enforcer. Even with the > BIOS password protected, one can plug out the hardrive, connect to > another system and get access to all the data. It might need more time > than a LiveCD approach, it would be as efficient. As Alan and Wael > suggested, the approaches that can work in protecting your data are a > physical key to a locked door or a root encrypted system. If it is possible to have sufficient access to be able to remove the hard drive, then an encrypted filesystem is essential. Any computer that isn't nailed down behind a locked door should have this, unless it contains and has access to absolutely nothing of value. --=20 Neil Bothwick I'll try being nicer if you'll try being smarter. --Sig_/pHB6+G_OVKOIPgWzho._dkE Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFH6Q/kum4al0N1GQMRAgW/AKDWy5As09qymMPnYOFNydRpTAdkyACfcx1r JckOKWwdxZTmRK+dSkriAiQ= =HjJR -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/pHB6+G_OVKOIPgWzho._dkE-- -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list