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From: tdrinkar@cosmos.acs.calpoly.edu (Terrell Drinkard)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: locking out a hard disk
Keywords: harddisk msdos driveB security
Message-ID: <1989Oct4.173133.19040@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU>
Date: 4 Oct 89 17:31:33 GMT
References: <148@uwm.edu> <635@targon.UUCP> <5567@videovax.tv.Tek.com>
Sender: hoyt@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (John H. Pochmara)
Reply-To: tdrinkar@cosmos.acs.calpoly.edu.UUCP (Terrell Drinkard)
Organization: Cal Poly State University -- San Luis Obispo
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Another solution to the 'hard-disk with sensitive information in a
public access area' is to use removable hard-drives such as the
Tandon Ad-PAC.  Available in 20, 30, and 40 Mb (soon to have 80's
and 100's last I heard).  The drive is removed at the end of the
work period and stored in a vault.
 
Lets face it, if someone wants the data off of your hard-disk, and
they have unsupervised and uninterupted access to the machine, that
data is as good as gone.  If I can do, someone else can, too.
 
Terry
 
Disclaimer:  I used to work for Tandon, and other drive
manufacturers do indeed make equivalent products, but I am more
familiar with the Tandon product line.  I am also a satisfied user.