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From: st94wb@sdcc12.UUCP (wade blomgren)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: Re: How can we protect sensitive data on a HD20?
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Date: Thu, 28-Aug-86 14:14:45 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug 28 14:14:45 1986
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Organization: U.C. San Diego, Academic Computer Center
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Summary: password schemes

[em]

>  How can we keep people from just going over to the HD20 and
>  browsing around?  We could do some sort of encryption, but that would
>  be a real pain.  We could install a locking power switch on the HD20,
>  but that would mean turing it off EVERY night, which Apple doesn't
>  seem to recommend.  Any ideas?


I saw a product in the Icon Review mail order catalog called MacSafe which
"protects your files from unwanted scrutiny...with a password known only to
you"  $59 ($69 retail) from "Kent Marsh Ltd".  I have absolutely no idea
if this product, vendor, mail order company, or anything else is worth 
anything and I have no connection with any of them.

Also, we use MacServe which allows you to create volumes with password 
protection, but it's a little steep ($250 in the same catalog) unless you
plan on doing some networking in the future. Regarding MacServe, we use it
and like it but have no connection with Infosphere (the vendor) etc.

Wade Blomgren
UCSD Academic Computing Services

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