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BIOS password policies boomboom999 11-22-2005
Posted by on November 22, 2005, 7:28 pm
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Hi everybody,

I'm looking for a security solution to prevent users to boot up their
computers from other removable media like floppys, CD-Roms etc.

Had anyone a good experience with setting up BIOS security policies in
corporate environment with many hundreds computers?

>From my experience setting up one shared password, same for all the
computer has no effect because it will be known to everyone in the
company in one week.

How is it manageable to set up a unique password per computer?


Posted by Volker Birk on November 26, 2005, 5:02 am
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boomboom999@yahoo.com wrote:
> I'm looking for a security solution to prevent users to boot up their
> computers from other removable media like floppys, CD-Roms etc.

If they cannot reach the hardware except keyboard and mouse: a simple BIOS
password will do (together with a reliable OS and no administrative rights).

If not: forget that.

Yours,
VB.
--
"Ich bin ein freier Mensch und werde jetzt von meinen Freiheitsrechten
Gebrauch machen - und zwar ausgiebig - natürlich nur in dem Rahmen, den
Otto Schily mir noch zur Verfügung stellt."
Wolfgang Clement am 10.10.05 als Noch-Superminister

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