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From: niski@reed.bitnet (Joe Niski,(ext.525))
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.wanted,comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Need information on Macintosh security applications
Summary: nothing works well enough
Keywords: hard drive security
Message-ID: <16191@reed.UUCP>
Date: 5 Mar 91 20:28:32 GMT
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Organization: Reed College, Portland, OR
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We use a few different packages on hard drives in open-access computer labs
here:  Empower II and FileGuard 2.5.  They're roughly equivalent; Empower
lets you completely disable startup from floppies, while FileGuard requires
a passwrod to mount the hard drive when you start from a floppy.  Empower has 
the nice option of disabling guest access to DA's.  FileGuard has better
copy-protection for applications; with Empower, we put the real apps in 
inaccessible folders and use the shareware Alias program to put aliases at a
higher directory level (Alias doesn't work with FileGuard).  Both have the
nice feature of using standard AppleShare folder privileges from the
desktop.  Empower probably has better activity logging.  Both offer data
encryption automatically, but we don't bother w/that.  Six of one....

Problmes with both:  it's not at all difficult to copy software, especially
if QuickMail is installed (you can enclose anything you have desktop access
to).  You can also use Stuffit to copy apps.  Shhh.........

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Joe Niski						niski@reed.edu
Mac Support Coordinator					niski@reed.bitnet
Reed College, Portland, OR 97202			503-777-7525