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From: dmg@lid.mitre.org (David Gursky)
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Subject: Infecting applications on locked Mac disks...
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Date: 25 Aug 89 12:19:02 GMT
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No.  If the write-protect mechanism is working properly, any software operation
will be unable to change the contents of the disk.  If the write-protect
mechanism is somehow faulty, all bets are off.  Note:  The write-protect
mechanism on Mac disks is done in hardware.

David Gursky
Member of the Technical Staff, W-143
Special Projects Department
The MITRE Corporation