[IP] Securing stand-alone OS X.

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

"The NC State page has a terse reference to the all-important Open 
Firmware
Password Protection.  Here's a more reader-friendly Apple article on the
subject:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106482

This type of boot restriction is common on the PC but for some reason 
rarely
enabled on the Mac.  Note that, just like on the PC, you still need to 
control
the physical access to the machine's innards."
Dept of Microbiology

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