[ltp] New Thinkpad and First Steps

[Adrian Bastholm]

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And how does the password and fingerprint stay in memory if you remove the
CMOS battery ?
/adrian

On 1/17/07, James Knott <james.knott@rogers.com> wrote:
>
> Rolf Kutz wrote:
> > * Quoting Theodore Tso (tytso@mit.edu):
> >
> >
> >> 1) Registering fingerprints to replace the bootup password (to provide
> >> pre-bootup security) --- this is cool because you can lock the
> >> motherboard and the hard drive(s) so they will only function if they
> >> are given the correct password or the correct fingerprint.  So if
> >> somoene steals your laptop, they will have much harder time getting
> >> access to your data.
> >>
> >
> > Aren't your fingerprints all over the laptop or
> > do you use it with gloves only?
> >
> >
>
> BTW, what do you use to clean PGP fingerprints off your screen?  ;-)
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And how does the password and fingerprint stay in memory if you remove the CMOS battery ?<br>/adrian<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 1/17/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">James Knott</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:james.knott@rogers.com">
james.knott@rogers.com</a>&gt; wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Rolf Kutz wrote:<br>&gt; * Quoting Theodore Tso (
<a href="mailto:tytso@mit.edu">tytso@mit.edu</a>):<br>&gt;<br>&gt;<br>&gt;&gt; 1) Registering fingerprints to replace the bootup password (to provide<br>&gt;&gt; pre-bootup security) --- this is cool because you can lock the
<br>&gt;&gt; motherboard and the hard drive(s) so they will only function if they<br>&gt;&gt; are given the correct password or the correct fingerprint.&nbsp;&nbsp;So if<br>&gt;&gt; somoene steals your laptop, they will have much harder time getting
<br>&gt;&gt; access to your data.<br>&gt;&gt;<br>&gt;<br>&gt; Aren&#39;t your fingerprints all over the laptop or<br>&gt; do you use it with gloves only?<br>&gt;<br>&gt;<br><br>BTW, what do you use to clean PGP fingerprints off your screen?&nbsp;&nbsp;;-)
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</div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>I would change the world, but they won&#39;t give me the sourcecode

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