[P1] encryption

[Joost van de Griek]

On 2003-08-27 02:27, Jack Rodgers wrote:

> On Tuesday, August 26, 2003, at 05:31  PM, Joost van de Griek wrote:
> 
>>> OS X is pretty secure, and you can have it not log you in automatically, and
>>> you can always log out when you're not using it, but what happens if someone
>>> decides to boot the machine using an OS X install CD, resets the admin
>>> password and then logs in, or adds a new admin user, enables root and
>>> changes your password?
>> 
>> You can prevent that through the wonders of Open Firmware.
> 
> How does Open Firmware protect those many backups we make to external drives?
> Even though I have protected my hard drive in my Powerbook, my backup drive
> just sits on my desk...

It doesn't. It can, however, prevent someone from booting your computer from
anything but your system disk, thus protecting your user account.

As for individual disks, they are protected by AES encryption, as discussed
earlier.

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-- 
who | grep -i blonde | date
cd $HOME; unzip; touch; strip; finger
mount; gasp; yes; uptime; umount
sleep
-- 
Joost van de Griek
<http://www.jvdg.net/>