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Title: Apple Hardens Open Firmware Protection on New Macs
Post by: HCK on March 10, 2011, 11:00:28 pm
Apple Hardens Open Firmware Protection on New Macs
      


An Apple technical note points out what is a fairly important change in password protection for two new Mac models. An open firmware password is one you can apply to a Mac to block all access at startup. The password is stored, as its name suggests, in the computer’s firmware – a chip on the [...]
      

http://blog.intego.com/2011/03/10/apple-hardens-open-firmware-protection-on-new-macs/