[mythtv-users] Forgot password; Choose door A, B or C?

[Mike Perkins]

On 24/04/14 18:38, Thomas Mashos wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 10:33 AM, Hika van den Hoven <hikavdh at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hoi Will,
>>
>> Thursday, April 24, 2014, 7:20:13 PM, you wrote:
>>
>>> On 4/24/14, 1:12 PM, Leif Pihl wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Apr 24, 2014, at 12:06 PM, Devin Heitmueller wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Correct.  Physical access means total access.
>>>>
>>>> Ugh!
>>>> ==Prompt the dramatic movie theme music here.==
>>>>
>>>> I never knew about that weakness.
>>>>
>>>> Is there SOME sort of a patch to fix this (or un-fix it, as the case may be) for those machines that are out in the public for anyone to access?
>>
>>
>>> Disk encryption can make it safer.
>>> http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/789985
>>
>>
>>> -WD
>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>
>> Basically, to prevent this:
>> - Password protect your bios setup
>> - disable boot from any other media then your HD
>>
>> You then have to open the case and reset the bios to get access.
>> Or steal the HD.
>>
>
>
> You forgot to secure grub.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Thomas Mashos
>
Not so. If you install the 'stolen' disk in an external enclosure and access it 
as a data disk, who cares about GRUB?

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Mike Perkins