Juan I. Cahis wrote:
> Mark McIntyre <markmcintyre@TROUSERSspamcop.net> wrote:
>
>> If the hacker has physical access to the computer, all bets are off. He
>> can boot from a CD or pendrive and install whatever the heck he likes on
>> the laptop.
>
> Unless you have set the BIOS password, which any respectable SysAdmin
> of any respectable business corporation doing international business
> should always have set.

Like I said, physical access trumps all. How long do you think it would
take to zap the cmos battery or remove the HDD, boot it in a spare
laptop and then replace the (now infected) HDD?