How to make a hard disk secure?

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From: Peter Steele
Date: Thu, 21 Apr 1988 14:50

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A department here has a Mac and wants to prevent "unathorized" access.
As it is now, anybody could walk in and turn on the machine and access
the files on the hard disk. A short while ago someone posted an INIT
which asks for a password when booting and although this sounds ideal,
the security it appears to offer is easily bypassed by simply booting
with a floppy.

A long time ago when I had a Hyperdrive installed in my first Mac, I
was able to create volumes with passwords. The Jasmine they have does
not provide such a feature, nor do any other drives that I'm familiar
with lately. They, of course, just use multiple folders (as we all do).

Is there *any* way to protect folders from being opened by unauthorized
users. Any info would be *greatly* appreciated.


-- 
Peter Steele, Microcomputer Applications Analyst
Acadia University, Wolfville, NS, Canada B0P1X0 (902)542-2201x121
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From: peter@aucs.UUCP (Peter Steele)
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Subject: How to make a hard disk secure?
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Date: 21 Apr 88 14:50:38 GMT
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