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Dell BIOS DoS Dec 08 2003 08:04PM
James Evans (jae7 lehigh edu) (1 replies)
Re: Dell BIOS DoS Dec 09 2003 07:37AM
jon schatz (jon divisionbyzero com) (2 replies)
Re: Dell BIOS DoS Dec 09 2003 09:11PM
der Mouse (mouse Rodents Montreal QC CA)
Re: Dell BIOS DoS Dec 09 2003 05:53PM
Steve Shockley (steve shockley shockley net)
jon schatz wrote:
> seriously, bios passwords are worthless.

Hard disk passwords are somewhat less worthless. See:

http://ssddom01.hgst.com/tech/techlib.nsf/techdocs/85256AB8006A31E587256
A780
0644ED8/$file/dara_sp.pdf
(http://tinyurl.com/yg06)

page 84. If the security level is set to Maximum and the User password is
unknown, you can either erase the drive (if you know the Master password) or
throw it away. I'm sure it's feasable to recover the data by physical
disassembly or modifying the drive's circuits or firmware, but at least it's
not trivial like BIOS passwords.

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