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Re: Mac OS X stores login/Keychain/FileVault passwords on disk
From: Theo Van Dinter <felicity () kluge net>
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 16:01:37 -0400
On Mon, Jul 12, 2004 at 11:05:45AM +0200, Adi Kriegisch wrote:
So if you loose your powerbook someone might boot it in "target disk mode" and will be able to get your password!
FWIW: You can enable the security features of OpenFirmware on modern Apple hardware, such that things like "boot from CD", "target disk mode", etc, are all disabled. It adds at least another barrier for people to have to get around to get your data. More information is available via a Google search, but the following URL is a pretty good reference: http://www.mactipsandtricks.com/tips/display.lasso?mactip=118 -- Randomly Generated Tagline: I'm a white male, aged 18 to 49. Everyone listens to me! No matter how dumb my suggestions are. -- Homer Simpson Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy
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- Re: Mac OS X stores login/Keychain/FileVault passwords on disk Adi Kriegisch (Jul 15)
- Re: Mac OS X stores login/Keychain/FileVault passwords on disk Theo Van Dinter (Jul 17)
- Re: Mac OS X stores login/Keychain/FileVault passwords on disk Adi Kriegisch (Jul 24)
- Re: Mac OS X stores login/Keychain/FileVault passwords on disk Ray Slakinski (Jul 17)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Mac OS X stores login/Keychain/FileVault passwords on disk johnny (Jul 17)
- Re: Mac OS X stores login/Keychain/FileVault passwords on disk Kurt Seifried (Jul 18)
- Re: Mac OS X stores login/Keychain/FileVault passwords on disk Chris Boyd (Jul 19)
- Re: Mac OS X stores login/Keychain/FileVault passwords on disk James Goodlet (Jul 19)
- RE: Mac OS X stores login/Keychain/FileVault passwords on disk Michael Shirk (Jul 19)
- Re: Mac OS X stores login/Keychain/FileVault passwords on disk Theo Van Dinter (Jul 17)