Andrew Daviel <advax at triumf.ca> wrote:
> When working on a password policy, I identified three categories of
> passwords (passwords should not be shared between categories, but that's
> another issue..) :
[...]
> I'm wondering what category the Nokia N810 lock number falls in. It
> survives battery removal and OS reflashing, and AFAIK sshd won't start up
> until you have entered the number after booting.
This category:
> - weak passwords that you don't write down because all you have to do is
> fill in your email address and it will be sent to you in clear
The device lock is implemented in software and so if you set it to
require the code to boot up and you have no other way to boot up
other than the default os, then you'll have to work a bit harder
to find an alternative boot strategy (e.g. bootmenu, boot from
usb, etc.) Once booted, you can reset/get the code as below.
> Anyone know how to reset the number if you really have to ?
Even better then resetting it, you can get it back in the
clear. With powerlaunch installed
(http://powerlaunch.garage.maemo.org/) you can run
powerline getdevicelockcode
and it'll get the current code or
powerline setdevicelockcode abcdef
to set the code to whatever you want. I haven't tested with an
N810 but it definitely works with an N800.
