Xref: utzoo comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc:86 comp.dcom.modems:6264 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!samsung!uunet!seismo!dimacs.rutgers.edu!srm From: srm@dimacs.rutgers.edu (Scott R. Myers) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.dcom.modems Subject: Dial-in security Keywords: ENCRYPTION SCRIPT SECURITY MODEM DIAL-IN Message-ID: Date: 16 Jul 90 16:44:28 GMT Followup-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Distribution: usa Organization: Rutgers University Lines: 34 I have an interesting problem I am hoping someone can offer a solution to. I have a client that wishes to have remote dial-in to his system with PC's. He is security conscience and wants to set up a dial in disk with the phone number and password information setup in a script. Now here comes the challenge. He doesn't want anyone to read the information on the disk. The only way I could imagine doing this is to copy protect the disk after its created. This brings up a couple of questions for me. 1) Can you copy protect a bootable diskette. 2) Will this method provide a suitable deterent for the average user. 3) What products are available to do this with. Another possibility would be a communications package that would allow encryption of the script in execution so no one but the person with the password can examine/modify the script only use it. Any help you can give me concerning this issue would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Scott R. Myers -- Scott R. Myers Snail: 1418 Kerbaugh St Phone: (215)225-1622(HOME) Philadelphia, PA 19140 Arpa: srm@topaz.rutgers.edu Uucp: ..!topaz!srm "... No matter where you go, there you are ..." "... Ha! I kill me ..." >>>2 Hype<<<