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Date:      Sat, 31 Jan 1998 12:00:59 -0500 (EST)
From:      "David E. Cross" <dec@phoenix.its.rpi.edu>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   FreeBSD boot banner (securing FreeBSD)
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980131115809.5729C-100000@phoenix.its.rpi.edu>

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I have enabled the BIOS password on my server, and prevented booting to
the 'A:' drive, but it seems that all someone needs to do to bypass that
is create a FreeBSD floppy, and when the boot prompt comes up to do a
'sd(0,a)/kernel'.  Is there any way to prevent this?

--
David Cross
UNIX Systems Administrator
GE Corporate R&D




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