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From: nol2321@dsacg4.dsac.dla.mil (Jim Dunn)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: Password program. Where ?
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Date: 29 Oct 90 14:06:09 GMT
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In article <90299.144326JFS10@psuvm.psu.edu> JFS10@psuvm.psu.edu (Jonathan Swaby) writes:
>I am in search of a password program for my hard drive. I don't want people
>to be able to boot with a floppy and gain access to the drive. I don't want
>a program that protect just individual, but one that asks for the password
>when the machine is powered on.
>
>Thank you.
>
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>Jonathan Swaby                                           |
>Computer Instructional Specialist                        |
>Center for Computing Assistance College of Liberal Arts  |
>Penn State University                                    |
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I hate to tell you this Jonathan, but there's not really any security built
into the "standard" IBM-PC or compatible.  No matter WHAT you do with the
software, someone will be able to UNDO it with software...  You will
probably need to buy some custom ROM chips that protect you.  (or go buy an
IBM PS/2, they come with password capability built into their ROM chips...
but you can get around that too, if you unplug the internal battery for 3
hours...)

:)
Jim

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