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In article <1992Sep29.095334.20666@ghost.dsi.unimi.it> cotrozzi@ghost.dsi.unimi.it (Massimo Cotrozzi) writes:
>bill@chaos.cs.umn.edu ( Hari Seldon     psychohistorian ) writes:
>
>If you don't mind for people booting your PC with MSDOS 5.0,
>editing the disk and changing the line in config.sys that says
>DEVICE=C:\DRDOS\LOGIN.EXE to something like
>REM CE=C:\DRDOS\LOGIN.EXE
>and then boot your computer again.
>You could put a BIOS password but then if someone takes the battery out you're done
>again.
>There's no way to protect a PC from use by unauthorized users ..
>( I am not talking just for DOS, for UNIX too . Think about it !!!)


I used to use some cheap password program that went in the config.sys.
I didn't think of it, but they suggested it in the docs for the program,
but if you rearrange the jumpers/cables for the floppy drive(s), you
can move your A: drive to B: (if you only have one drive), and then
someone can't boot your machine off of floppy without actually opening 
it up.  It's not tremendously secure, but I think someone is a lot less 
likely to open a machine up than they are to put a bootable floppy in 
a drive.  And if you get seriously wierd with your case, like arc-welding
a new case from 1/4" steel...I guess you could actually approach real 
security.