Re: Cancel Sleep
Re: Cancel Sleep
- Subject: Re: Cancel Sleep
- From: Robert T Wyatt <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2008 11:39:03 -0600
- Organization: The University of Texas at Austin
Well, I understand why it may seem like a ridiculous argument since it
is oblique to the OPs intent and because conventional wisdom suggests
that all is lost once physical access to the machine is achieved, but
where I live and work, it's much easier to walk away with a closed
laptop in a backpack than with an open laptop in the middle of
disassembly. The time and effort it takes to perform these tasks can
make a difference 1) in letting various types of recovery software kick
in, and 2) which laptops are most attractive to theives.
<finished voicing opinion>
Dave Schroeder wrote:
No. The firmware password can be easily and trivially defeated with
unfettered physical access (change physical amount of RAM in the
machine, and zap PRAM).
And I was about to respond to the last post, too, and thought better of
it...but anyway, yes, it is a moot point and mostly a ridiculous
argument, but *technically*, if a thief could somehow easily do this, it
would render FileVault useless for a logged-in user. Why it would be
necessary to close the lid as opposed to just taking it is beyond me,
but as long as we're considering every fringe case, there's another one.
- Dave
On Jan 2, 2008, at 11:10 AM, Robert T Wyatt wrote:
Not if the EFI or Open Firmware password have been set.
Matt Burnett wrote:
Thats a moot point. If a thief has physical access to a machine, he
wont care if its logged in or not. If he wants the data, he can boot
off a CD, if they want a machine, then well, they all ready have it.
On Jan 2, 2008, at 9:50 AM, Robert T Wyatt wrote:
Too bad that this may be a mechanism for a thief to use to leave
one's machine running and logged in while they move it to another
location.
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