Physical access to a machine trumps everything. Even strong encryption. On Thu, 27 Feb 2014, paul g wrote: > A simple question: Do strong passwords on a unencrypted harddisk 'root or > sudo users' prevent really any sense of security if one chooses to boot into > the system using a,an 'prefabbed .iso' or run a program that could search > for a plain text password such as 'plain text'. Would the kernel version > matter for security reasons in this event? > > Thank you, > > > >