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In article <1992Oct8.205307.4459@ariel.ec.usf.edu> adair@eggo.tmc.edu (Jonathan Adair) writes:
>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:
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>>There's no way to protect a PC from use by unauthorized users ..

agreed!

>>( I am not talking just for DOS, for UNIX too . Think about it !!!)
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>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.

 I just installed a small security card called the GATEKEEPER made
by JDR Microdevices ($49). It intercepts the BIOS and will not allow
the boot to continue until a password is entered by the keyboard.
You cannot boot from a floppy or the hard drive. It can be disabled
by removing the card however. I bought a security padlock/case bolt
assembly to keep the case from being removed.
 I agree that these measures can be defeated by a determined person
but I hope that they will just find an easier target. Oh. The really
sensitive material has been encrypted using Norton Diskreet DES.
If they get through that - I'll offer them a raise in salary and put
them on my security committee :}
 
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