From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 5 14:07:01 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8751516A4CE for ; Tue, 5 Apr 2005 14:07:01 +0000 (GMT) Received: from bgo1smout1.broadpark.no (bgo1smout1.broadpark.no [217.13.4.94]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0053743D5C for ; Tue, 5 Apr 2005 14:07:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from des@des.no) Received: from bgo1sminn1.broadpark.no ([217.13.4.93]) by bgo1smout1.broadpark.no (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.1 HotFix 0.05 (built Oct 21 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IEH004Z88AC9150@bgo1smout1.broadpark.no> for freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG; Tue, 05 Apr 2005 16:01:24 +0200 (CEST) Received: from dsa.des.no ([80.203.228.37]) by bgo1sminn1.broadpark.no (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.1 HotFix 0.05 (built Oct 21 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IEH00HTT8M0J0E0@bgo1sminn1.broadpark.no> for freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG; Tue, 05 Apr 2005 16:08:24 +0200 (CEST) Received: by dsa.des.no (Pony Express, from userid 666) id 36FACEBC08; Tue, 05 Apr 2005 16:06:59 +0200 (CEST) Received: from xps.des.no (xps.des.no [10.0.0.12]) by dsa.des.no (Pony Express) with ESMTP id BBA2BA901E; Tue, 05 Apr 2005 16:06:53 +0200 (CEST) Received: by xps.des.no (Postfix, from userid 1001) id AFF7533C5A; Tue, 05 Apr 2005 16:06:53 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2005 16:06:53 +0200 From: des@des.no (=?iso-8859-1?q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?=) In-reply-to: <20050404215219.GA48852@nowhere> To: Craig Boston Message-id: <86is312u82.fsf@xps.des.no> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 (2004-11-16) on dsa.des.no References: <200504031619.j33GJJMJ079167@marlena.vvi.at> <20050404215219.GA48852@nowhere> User-Agent: Gnus/5.110002 (No Gnus v0.2) Emacs/21.3 (berkeley-unix) X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.8 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL autolearn=disabled version=3.0.2 X-Spam-Level: cc: ALeine cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG cc: sos@DeepCore.dk Subject: Re: ATA security commands, bug in atacontrol X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2005 14:07:01 -0000 Craig Boston writes: > Um, wouldn't setting the password on a system in which the BIOS offers > no ATA security support render the system unbootable? The BIOS would > be unable to read the boot sector without first unlocking the disk... You are assuming that there is only one disk in the machine, and that the machine is booting from that disk. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no