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Article #3196Re: Limiting access to a disk partition on IBM PC (seeking)
From: Frank Slootweg CRC
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 10:45
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 10:45
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eduard@htsa.aha.nl (Eduard Beijnes) writes: > I lost my original copy of DR-Dos 6 so i could test it anymore (i use dos 5) > but if you run diskedit (norton) you can select the MBR and change > the field describing the partition type into a number which is used > when the partition is not protected. > > So the proctetion sucks. A system with *unprotected* tools like diskedit on it is unprotected, period. DR DOS or its security features can not alter that. But with DR DOS one can protect (set a password on) tools like diskedit too and make the system reasonably safe. And indeed the proctetion sucks, but the protection is not too bad! :-)
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From: franks@hpuamsa.neth.hp.com (Frank Slootweg CRC) Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 10:45:38 GMT Subject: Re: Limiting access to a disk partition on IBM PC (seeking) Message-ID: <27210035@hpuamsa.neth.hp.com> Organization: Hewlett-Packard, The Netherlands Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!usc!sdd.hp.com!hpscit.sc.hp.com!hplextra!hpcc05!hpbbn!hpuamsa!franks Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps References: <92365.141755GSRGAAO@TECHNION.BITNET> Lines: 14