Comments on: Mac Security: Set a Firmware Password http://www.whatsmypass.com/mac-security-set-a-firmware-password Password Recovery R Us Wed, 28 Jul 2010 08:42:50 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: akanksha http://www.whatsmypass.com/mac-security-set-a-firmware-password/comment-page-1#comment-8116 akanksha Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:04:29 +0000 http://www.whatsmypass.com/?p=653#comment-8116 plz forget my pasward it,s urjent plz forget my pasward it,s urjent

]]> By: regreg http://www.whatsmypass.com/mac-security-set-a-firmware-password/comment-page-1#comment-4112 regreg Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:51:08 +0000 http://www.whatsmypass.com/?p=653#comment-4112 For Mac OS X 10.5.x: On the Leopard Install DVD, no "Firmware Password Utility" was found. The Utilities menu only shows installed utilities on the HDD. Where is the "Firmware Password Utility"? For Mac OS X 10.5.x:

On the Leopard Install DVD, no “Firmware Password Utility” was found. The Utilities menu only shows installed utilities on the HDD.

Where is the “Firmware Password Utility”?

]]> By: eric http://www.whatsmypass.com/mac-security-set-a-firmware-password/comment-page-1#comment-3941 eric Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:40:25 +0000 http://www.whatsmypass.com/?p=653#comment-3941 I would like to point out one flaw with this method of protection... It can be circumvented with just a quick search of the net! There is a very easy way to remove the firmware password with a quick little hardware trick AND/OR a longer one that will still allow a determined infiltrator to get at your data. The first one I will not list here because I want to make anyone reading this do a little research and I do not want to give away all security secrets. The longer (and some would say more difficult) way is to just remove the hard drive and place it into and external box of some kind. They now have your data. The only true way to safeguard your stuff is to encrypt it. We have so many good ways to do this now from PGP (or GPG) to TruCrypt that if you are concerned for your data why are you not doing it? Just my $0.02 I would like to point out one flaw with this method of protection… It can be circumvented with just a quick search of the net! There is a very easy way to remove the firmware password with a quick little hardware trick AND/OR a longer one that will still allow a determined infiltrator to get at your data.

The first one I will not list here because I want to make anyone reading this do a little research and I do not want to give away all security secrets. The longer (and some would say more difficult) way is to just remove the hard drive and place it into and external box of some kind. They now have your data.

The only true way to safeguard your stuff is to encrypt it. We have so many good ways to do this now from PGP (or GPG) to TruCrypt that if you are concerned for your data why are you not doing it?

Just my $0.02

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