[Semibug] OpenBSD - Authenticate boot into single user mode

[Bob Schubert]

On Wed, Jun 2, 2021, 4:46 PM Anthony Cascianelli <acascianelli at icloud.com>
wrote:

> It was mentioned earlier how pulling the battery off the laptop would
> clear any boot password set up.  I thought most modern BIOS/UEFI passwords
> were in non-volatile memory and would persist even if the batteries were
> pulled.
>

As the bad actor, I would already have control of the hardware so I would
just move the drive to another machine and have access.

I believe drive encryption mentioned is a pretty safe bet, for now,
assuming the bad actor has physical access to the hardware.
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