News Comment All comments on news story: The good and bad of Linux LiveCDs It's a reply to comment: Security issues by: Poppe  Personally, I think LiveCD's are great. In fact I keep one with me all the time just so I can avoid using Windows whenever possible. I do however digress from the last point that the author makes regarding security issues; for a few reasons actually. (1): By accessing your CMOS you can make sure that your machine cannot be booted from any source other than your hard drive. (2): Furthermore all CMOS chips have an option to set an supervisors password. Which by the way, can't be broken without opening up the box itself. (3): If the data on your machines is really that sensitive, then why would you let just anyone get on them without conducting a security screen on them? (4): Lastly if a simple janitor can just walk into your office, pop in his favorite LiveCD and then begine stealing your data. Then you've got some major security issues that won't be resolved simply by changing your CMOS settings. Linux LiveCD's are no more a threat than numerous other technologies which have been, are, and are yet to come. In fact I personally know of someone who made his own Windows XP LiveCD... Again even with that XP disk, the same security issues abound.
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