Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!fernwood!uupsi!grebyn!ckp From: ckp@grebyn.com (Checkpoint Technologies) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: Amiga OS *IS* state of the art Message-ID: <1991Apr8.141103.28682@grebyn.com> Date: 8 Apr 91 14:11:03 GMT References: <1991Apr2.191525.26491@sugar.hackercorp.com> <1935.tnews@templar.actrix.gen.nz> <1991Apr7.031830.25773@sugar.hackercorp.com> Organization: Grebyn Timesharing Lines: 18 In article <1991Apr7.031830.25773@sugar.hackercorp.com> peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) writes: >In article <1935.tnews@templar.actrix.gen.nz> jbickers@templar.actrix.gen.nz (John Bickers) writes: >> Note that if I (or the average person who was interested in lifting >> data off it) visited the PClone in your bedroom, it would not be as a >> friend. > >In that case, they could walk off with the hard disk and examine it at their >leisure. My point is that you need more than access to the power switch to >break a properly protected system. You need tools. Well, my point was originally that you only need access to the power switch to deny access to a person's files and programs, and that this is itself a serious disruption. -- First comes the logo: C H E C K P O I N T T E C H N O L O G I E S / / ckp@grebyn.com \\ / / Then, the disclaimer: All expressed opinions are, indeed, opinions. \ / o Now for the witty part: I'm pink, therefore, I'm spam! \/