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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 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) |
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On Oct 4, 2006, at 10:30 AM, steven karel wrote:
> 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?
>
Except Open Firmware doesn't work on Intel Mac's, only PowerPC ones.
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