On Nov 25, 10:12 am, Timberwoof
<timberwoof.s...@inferNOnoSPAMsoft.com> wrote:
>
> The end result is that if a hacker got physical possession of your
> computer, he could, using the Ubuntu install disk, delete all your
> sensitive information! =
= =
>
That is why in commercial and similar environments, the administrator
sets a BIOS password
to stop the computer being booted from CD's, floppies, sticks etc. If
using the GRUB boot loader, this needs to be similarly protected.
By the way, a Windows installation CD is also quite capable of
destroying data on a hard disk.