[NYS_Eric]

Wow. (Don't know why I'm surprised, but this must rank right up there with Microsoft security flaws.)

[TSgt]

"If a bad guy has unrestricted physical access to your computer, it's not your computer anymore."

I have to admit, they have a point. If you don't have physical security you don't have any security at all...

[Leto]

Back in the old days of Unix, you could book up a machine in single user mode, rahter than multi user, the machine came up sans password, you had access to all the ect/passwd (?) files. Came in handy if you were a field service tech working on a machine who wasn't an admin. You physically have to secure a machine to protect the security.

Many corporate boxes, have no floppy or cd, to prevent this sort of thing, of course USB ports....