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2.8 KiB
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187 lines
2.8 KiB
HTML
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>BIOS features</TITLE
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NAME="GENERATOR"
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CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"><LINK
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REL="HOME"
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TITLE="Remote Serial Console HOWTO"
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HREF="index.html"><LINK
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REL="UP"
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TITLE="Security"
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HREF="security.html"><LINK
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REL="PREVIOUS"
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TITLE="Modem features to restrict usage"
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HREF="security-modem.html"><LINK
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REL="NEXT"
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TITLE="Use a boot loader password"
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HREF="security-bootloader.html"></HEAD
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CLASS="SECTION"
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BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF"
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ALIGN="center"
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>Remote Serial Console HOWTO</TH
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>Prev</A
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WIDTH="80%"
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>Chapter 9. Security</TD
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VALIGN="bottom"
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><H1
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NAME="SECURITY-BIOS"
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></A
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>9.6. <SPAN
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CLASS="ACRONYM"
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>BIOS</SPAN
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> features</H1
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><P
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>Most <SPAN
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CLASS="ACRONYM"
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>BIOS</SPAN
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>s can be configured with a
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<SPAN
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CLASS="QUOTE"
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>"configuration password"</SPAN
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>. This should set and tested.
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Some motherboards will require a jumper to be set to allow the
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password to take effect. Some <SPAN
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CLASS="ACRONYM"
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>BIOS</SPAN
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>s have
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well-known <SPAN
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CLASS="QUOTE"
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>"master passwords"</SPAN
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>, use a search engine to
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ensure that your <SPAN
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CLASS="ACRONYM"
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>BIOS</SPAN
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> is not one of these. The
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password should not be the same as the boot loader or <SPAN
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CLASS="SYSTEMITEM"
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>root</SPAN
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> passwords.</P
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><P
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>The <SPAN
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CLASS="ACRONYM"
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>BIOS</SPAN
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> configuration will have a
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<SPAN
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CLASS="QUOTE"
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>"boot order"</SPAN
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> setting. It should be set to boot from
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the hard disk before any other media. This prevents someone
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inserting a rescue diskette, booting the machine, and gaining
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access to the filesystems as <SPAN
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CLASS="SYSTEMITEM"
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>root</SPAN
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>.</P
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WIDTH="33%"
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VALIGN="top"
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><A
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HREF="security-modem.html"
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ACCESSKEY="P"
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>Prev</A
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></TD
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><TD
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WIDTH="34%"
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ALIGN="center"
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VALIGN="top"
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HREF="index.html"
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>Home</A
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VALIGN="top"
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HREF="security-bootloader.html"
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>Next</A
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WIDTH="33%"
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ALIGN="left"
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VALIGN="top"
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>Modem features to restrict usage</TD
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><TD
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WIDTH="34%"
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ALIGN="center"
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VALIGN="top"
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><A
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HREF="security.html"
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ACCESSKEY="U"
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>Up</A
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><TD
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WIDTH="33%"
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ALIGN="right"
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VALIGN="top"
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>Use a boot loader password</TD
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></TABLE
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