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From: B.C.Phillips@massey.ac.nz (B.C.M. Phillips)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: PREVENTING Booting of Drive A: - Sugestions PLEASE!!
Summary: How to stop booting from floppy - s/w
Keywords: Security, Novell, booting
Message-ID: <1991Apr30.235506.19085@massey.ac.nz>
Date: 30 Apr 91 23:55:06 GMT
References: <1991Apr23.004828.5723@csc.canberra.edu.au>
Organization: Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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Hi,

another suggestion that you may not be looking at that is quite cheap but
does what you want is SECUREIT form Fresh Technologies. It is software
security program that gives Password Protection to multiple possible user
of the system, and it can allow you to section off parts of the disk(s)
for access to certain users only. In its options it will/won't allow the
user to boot off a floppy ( and therefore by-pass the security ), but
it will allow a boot from the install disk so the installer can change
the configuration if they need to boot from the floopy. 
  Sounds good but its only a software fix you say?! Well when I was
hacking around with it I somehow dis something major and then I could
not reboot from floppy, as I had all the options installed. Well instead
of being a weenie and reading the manual, I hacked and hacked it, finally
resorting to formating the hard drive, and the damn thing was still on
the boot disk, and not letting me reboot from floopy. OK so I then read
the manual and fixed it in 5 mins. So I think its a pretty good
product for the cost and the ease of use and what it will do for you.

Cheers Brenden.
B.C.Phillips@massey.ac.nz

#include <std_disclaimer.h>

BTW - they also make a nice Novell product that lets the supervisor
see/type onto the screen of another station in realtime - Great if you
don't like walking or its raining out there!! :)