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In article <1992Sep29.095334.20666@ghost.dsi.unimi.it>, cotrozzi@ghost.dsi.unimi.it (Massimo Cotrozzi) writes:

> You could put a BIOS password but then if someone takes the battery out you're done
> again.

But that is the applicable way. If you have access to the hardware, you can 
break every machine. If you use PCs or Workstations and have this machine
in your office, you can only expect to have external security.
I mean, you can not break in without opening the machine.

If you have external (SCSI?) disks, it is possible to read the disk with 
another than the dedicated machine.

> There's no way to protect a PC from use by unauthorized users ..

I do not agree! Only if you let have the potentially unauthorized users
access to the hardware. If they dont have access to the hardware,
they can't break in.
For example you connect monitor, keyboard, mouse, tablet and 
diskette drive through a small hole in the wall to the workstation in
another (locked!!!) room. Then it depends only on the software.

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

I had!

Uli

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