Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!att!bu.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!apple!motcsd!mcdcup!mcdhup!mcdchg!ddsw1!infopls!syzzle!system From: system@syzzle.UUCP (SYSTEM 0PERATOR) Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: Re: IBM Protection Software Message-ID: Date: 23 Dec 90 05:29:21 GMT References: <1990Dec21.094412.5704@ericsson.se> Organization: System Solutions - Wheaton, Il. Lines: 24 epames@eos.ericsson.se (Michael Salmon) writes: > In article <51913@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> v119l94u@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu writ > > > > 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, > > 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. There is a program out called fastlock (shareware) which replaces the boot sector of a hard disk, and even if booted from floppy, the hard disk cannot be accessed! I since it changes the boot sector, dos gives an error when trying to access the hard disk (I believe it says Invalid Boot Sector, or Invalid Media Type) But it does work. +---------------------------------+----------------------------+ |Al Oomens awol@syzzle.UUCP | Simplicity is the ultimate | | uunet!ddsw1!infopls!syzzle!awol | form of sophistication! | +---------------------------------+----------------------------+