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torifile
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2005-03-07, 10:31

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Originally Posted by tomy82
with this program, when you want to boot on something else than the hard drive, does it ask you for the password, or does it just continu on booting on the hard drive?
Setting an open firmware password will allow you to prevent people from selecting an alternate volume to boot from. That way they can't get around the security measures. It's the next best thing to keeping people away (physically) from your computer.
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