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From: kellogg@prodigal.psych.rochester.edu (Lars Kellogg-Stedman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: File/Folder Protection software
Keywords: password macpassword security
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Date: 16 Oct 90 20:14:24 GMT
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I'm looking for some software to protect various files and folders (and, in
fact, whole volumes) from prying eyes.  These are the capabilities I'm
looking for:

	o Password protection for volumes, folders, and files
	o Can't be bipassed by booting from a floppy
	o Effective outside of the finder (i.e., in SF dialogs)
	o Allows "guest" startup
	o Can be set to start up automatically with Guest privileges
	  (i.e., no annoying "password" dialog on startup), password
	  can be entered from DA/cdev
	o Protects secured data from being viewed by volume editor, such
	  as FEdit or SUM Tools.  (This is not as important as the rest)

I've looked at MacPassword, but that doesn't quite fit my needs - the fact
that it puts up a dialog every startup is a problem, since some people have
no idea what to do with it.  That's why I need something that can default
to guest privileges.  

A minor question about MacPassword - the protection in the demo version is
fairly easy to circumvent.  Does the High Security protection remain in 
effect even if the computer is booted from a floppy?

Thanks for any information you can give me.  I'd prefer replies via email,
since the traffic on this group tends to make reading it on an intermittent
basis inconvenient.

Lars
kellogg@prodigal.psych.rochester.edu
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