Cracking Linux with the backspace key?

Posted Dec 22, 2015 16:04 UTC (Tue) by jrigg (guest, #30848)
In reply to: Cracking Linux with the backspace key? by alanjwylie
Parent article: Cracking Linux with the backspace key?

>How many systems just have a grub password, rather than full disc encryption?

All of mine have for the last 10+ years (or however long grub has been around; before that I used passwords in LILO). In my case it's merely to reduce the likelihood of random idiots causing a nuisance and not meant as a serious security measure.