[LBo] Re: Curious about a security issue

[Brice Hunt]

Sam Morgan wrote:
> What you get is Not what you see wrote:
>> By the way password protecting the BIOS is not a good security measure.
>>
> because?
> it at least makes them open the case to edit the bios to allow the 
> floppy/cd to be bootable doesn't it?
Not necessarily. Some motherboard manufacturers have default passwords 
that can be used to access the bios, no matter what. A Google search 
will turn those up easily (even ones that weren't published in owner's 
manuals). Also, do a Google search for "bios password" and you will get 
/tons/ of hits all about defeating bios passwords.

Brice