Fedora 11 Update: cmospwd-5.0-1.fc11

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2009-10693
2009-10-21 00:12:21
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Name        : cmospwd
Product     : Fedora 11
Version     : 5.0
Release     : 1.fc11
URL         : http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/CmosPwd
Summary     : BIOS password cracker utility
Description :
CmosPwd decrypts password stored in cmos used to access BIOS SETUP.
Works with the following BIOSes

    * ACER/IBM BIOS
    * AMI BIOS
    * AMI WinBIOS 2.5
    * Award 4.5x/4.6x/6.0
    * Compaq (1992)
    * Compaq (New version)
    * IBM (PS/2, Activa, Thinkpad)
    * Packard Bell
    * Phoenix 1.00.09.AC0 (1994), a486 1.03, 1.04, 1.10 A03, 4.05 rev 1.02.943,
      4.06 rev 1.13.1107
    * Phoenix 4 release 6 (User)
    * Gateway Solo - Phoenix 4.0 release 6
    * Toshiba
    * Zenith AMI

With CmosPwd, you can also backup, restore and erase/kill cmos.

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ChangeLog:

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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #529269 - Review Request: cmospwd - BIOS password cracker utility
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=529269
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use 
su -c 'yum update cmospwd' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.

All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key.  More details on the
GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at
http://fedoraproject.org/keys
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