Comments on: Beating up on Microsoft http://www.computerdefense.org/2007/06/beating-up-on-microsoft/ Sharing my thoughts with the world. Wed, 16 Nov 2011 02:58:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jay of Today http://www.computerdefense.org/2007/06/beating-up-on-microsoft/comment-page-1/#comment-14965 Jay of Today Tue, 19 Jun 2007 01:04:04 +0000 http://www.computerdefense.org/?p=329#comment-14965 Solaris booting from CDROM using -s "Yes"... _NOT_ having your OpenBoot password protected "NO" if using SPARC.. I mean, those other UNIXes you cited are platfrom dependant.. i86pc doesn't count ;-) Anyway, I agree with you.. too much fuss..... Solaris booting from CDROM using -s “Yes”…

_NOT_ having your OpenBoot password protected “NO”

if using SPARC.. I mean, those other UNIXes you cited are platfrom dependant.. i86pc doesn’t count ;-)

Anyway, I agree with you.. too much fuss…..

]]> By: Will http://www.computerdefense.org/2007/06/beating-up-on-microsoft/comment-page-1/#comment-14683 Will Sun, 17 Jun 2007 08:05:24 +0000 http://www.computerdefense.org/?p=329#comment-14683 You're not the only one wondering what all this fuss is about, for exactly the same reasons. The thing is, regardless* of what kind of security you have, if someone has physical access to the machine you're already lost - they can do whatever they like to it. It reduces the barrier to entry slightly, but not significantly. * well, except for Bitlocker or other full-disk encryption. You’re not the only one wondering what all this fuss is about, for exactly the same reasons.
The thing is, regardless* of what kind of security you have, if someone has physical access to the machine you’re already lost – they can do whatever they like to it. It reduces the barrier to entry slightly, but not significantly.

* well, except for Bitlocker or other full-disk encryption.

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