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From: sci240s@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (mr  w.j. ho)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: Password program. Where ?
Message-ID: <1990Oct31.104354.7180@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au>
Date: 31 Oct 90 10:43:54 GMT
References: <90299.144326JFS10@psuvm.psu.edu> <1990Oct30.180312.5734@ccu.umanitoba.ca> <1990Oct31.021421.7987@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu> <1577@umriscc.isc.umr.edu>
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mcastle@mcs213f.cs.umr.edu (Mike Castle) writes:

>In article <1990Oct31.021421.7987@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu> norlin@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (Norman Lin) writes:
>>lucas@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Brian Lucas) writes:
>>>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
>I think that there *should* be something out there that will let him configure 
>his hard-drive so that it can't be accessed unless booted from the hard-drive
>or a floppy that has certain special configurations on it (which there       
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            ****-> I have just tried XLOCK1.ZIP from SIMTEL20 in directory
                   PD1:<MSDOS.SYSUTL>. This program actually let you install
                   your PC for one user ( userid and password ) and check
                   login when "loading" config.sys from the installed boot
                   disk. ( It loads a device driver supplied with the program )
                   I tried to fool it by booting from floppy and it does not
                   recognize my hard drive ( "c:" in my case ) though it allows
                   me to boot up. Still trying it and has not "bumped" into
                   any bugs or problems yet. Hope this help people looking
                   for ways to stop unauthorized access to their system.

             NOTE : I will be interested to hear from anyone who has or is
                    still trying to break this "lock" from accessing the
                    hard drive ( of course without cheating by having the 
                    inside knowledge from the originator of the program :
                    X-LOCK Corp. [Tel: (404) 475-8787 @ Ga. 30201, USA] ).


>shouldn't be too many of).
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