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Mac OS X - Boot Camp Security Oct 04 2006 03:11PM
brian clearware org (3 replies)
RE: Mac OS X - Boot Camp Security Oct 16 2006 12:28PM
Ken Schaefer (Ken adOpenStatic com)
Re: Mac OS X - Boot Camp Security Oct 04 2006 03:46PM
Philip Rinehart (philip rinehart yale edu) (1 replies)
Re: Mac OS X - Boot Camp Security Oct 04 2006 04:51PM
Mark Senior (senatorfrog gmail com) (2 replies)
Re: Mac OS X - Boot Camp Security Oct 23 2006 06:25PM
David Fedoruk (david fedoruk gmail com) (1 replies)
Re: Mac OS X - Boot Camp Security Oct 23 2006 08:56PM
Ian Ward Comfort (icomfort rescomp stanford edu)
Re: Mac OS X - Boot Camp Security Oct 04 2006 05:22PM
Philip Rinehart (philip rinehart yale edu) (1 replies)
Re: Mac OS X - Boot Camp Security Oct 04 2006 06:10PM
Edward Marczak (marczak radiotope com)
Re: Mac OS X - Boot Camp Security Oct 04 2006 03:30PM
steven karel (karelsf gmail com) (1 replies)
You would want an Open Firmware password. This doesn't seem very
different from the similar problems you get if people can boot from
CDs.

see
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/openfirmwarepassword.html

On Oct 4, 2006, at 11:11 AM, brian (at) clearware (dot) org [email concealed] wrote:

> I just recently installed Boot Camp 1.1.1 on my Intel based MacBook
> and have some initial observations regarding security.
>
> Windows was installed on an NTFS partition for better file level
> security. However, booting to another operating system bypasses
> Windows security. [...]

> While booting the MacBook I can press the option key to select which
> drive to boot from. Is it possible to password protect this feature?
> Is it also possible to require a password to boot from CD?

[ reply ]
Re: Mac OS X - Boot Camp Security Oct 04 2006 06:44PM
Tom Yarrish (tom yarrish com) (1 replies)
Re: Mac OS X - Boot Camp Security Oct 04 2006 07:21PM
Philip Rinehart (philip rinehart yale edu)


 

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