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From: sweh@tharr.UUCP (Stephen Harris)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: IBM Protection Software
Message-ID: <1537@tharr.UUCP>
Date: 24 Dec 90 22:09:44 GMT
References: <51913@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> <1990Dec21.094412.5704@ericsson.se>
Reply-To: sweh@tharr.UUCP (Stephen Harris)
Organization: Power Microsystems Ltd
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In article <1990Dec21.094412.5704@ericsson.se> epames@eos.ericsson.se writes:
>In article <51913@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> v119l94u@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu writes:
!>
!>	I am currently looking for something that will protect my system from
!>unwanted persons... Since I don't have a secure room to put my computer in,
!>any of my roommates can use my computer at will.. I have a
!>'device=C:\password.sys' protection in my config.sys.. but, I need something
!>that will do a better job... (Plus, I lost the file to edit my password...!)
!
!Sorry to say this but you can't protect your system with software, all
!someone needs to do is bring along a floppy and boot from that. You need
!hardware or bios support to prevent access. Perhaps you could use a key
!switch in the power or keyboard.
!
!Michael Salmon
!L.M.Ericsson
!Stockholm

Essentially true, but with some clever software you can mangle your hard disk
partition table so that if you boot from floppy your hard disk is not 
recognisable unless you boot from hard disk and enter correct password.

Look at PCLOCK, available from SIMTEL20

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