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Article #9366Re: Wanted: security prog. for public Mac
From: Brian Chapin
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 23:49
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 23:49
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In article <1992Dec18.093802.1@vms.ocom.okstate.edu>, churchwell@vms.ocom.okstate.edu (Kimberly B. Churchwell) writes: > > Our library staff is looking for a free, shareware, or inexpensive > commercial security program to use on a publicly-accessible IIci running > 6.0.7. (For various reasons, they prefer not to upgrade to 7.x.) At I have written a software product called FoolProof - Desktop Security for the Macintosh. It was designed and written for schools in the Portland Meto area. They were considering At Ease and Kids Desk but were concerned about loosing the Mac desktop in the trade ( both products provide security by covering the finder interface with a custom launcher thus providing a measure of security ). In the interest of computer literacy they felt it was important not to eliminate the Mac interface. FoolProof offers several desktop security features. It is not a full blown security product. FoolProof locks the Macintosh desktop, preventing movement and renaming of files, folders, and applications. Dragging icons is disabled and all finder renaming is refused. Inadvertant trashing is impossible. Unauthorized copying either onto or off of the hard disk is impossible. FoolProof locks control panels, preventing unauthorized changes to settings and configuration. FoolProof can be configured to save only to floppy disks or to direct all saves to a specified directory on the hard disk. FoolProof is really a desktop and hard disk control product, not a security product in the traditional sense. It has been a hit in the classroom and other public mac locations. It sets up in a minute and turns on with a single switch. If you are interested give me a call ( 503 ) 690-2366 - leave a message, mail me, or write to: Brian Chapin SmartStuff Software PO Box 82284 Portland, OR, 97282 Sorry for the commercial nature of this message but I've seen so many about this type of product that I thought people might like to know about this.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!chor-us!brianc@nvr.com From: brianc@nvr.com (Brian Chapin) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Re: Wanted: security prog. for public Mac Message-ID: <437@chor-us.Chorus.COM> Date: 21 Dec 92 23:49:48 GMT References: <1992Dec18.093802.1@vms.ocom.okstate.edu> Sender: toddb@chor-us.Chorus.COM Organization: SmartStuff Software Lines: 40