Path: utzoo!vpk4!shagar
From: shagar@vpk4.UUCP (Steven Hagar)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: 3b2 Questions - Answers Appreciated
Message-ID: <4445@vpk4.UUCP>
Date: 20 Mar 89 23:28:09 GMT
References: <8300010@gistdev> <178@flnexus.ATT.COM> <726@ctisbv.UUCP>
Reply-To: shagar@attcan.UUCP (Steven Hagar)
Organization: AT&T Canada Inc., Toronto
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In article <726@ctisbv.UUCP> pim@ctisbv.UUCP (Pim Zandbergen) writes:
>But when your processor is not physically secure, neither is the
>firmware password. Anyone who can use the Essential Utilities #1
>can also bring their own floppy key with their own firmware password,
>or could just disconnect the battery for a while..

EU1 will let you in, but the floppy key diskette will only work on
the machine on which it was created.  Control of physical access to
the machine is still the best/only way to ensure adequate security.
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  Steven Hagar             .
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