Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!watmath!watdcsu!broehl
From: broehl@watdcsu.waterloo.edu (Bernie Roehl)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Watchdog
Keywords: does it work?
Message-ID: <5403@watdcsu.waterloo.edu>
Date: 10 Jan 89 20:10:32 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario
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Hi.

We have an undergraduate lab full of AT's, and have had numerous problems with
students over-writing each others' work, accidentally reformatting the hard
disks, etc etc.

We recently heard about a product called "Watchdog" which sounds (according
to their product literature) like a perfect solution to the problem.

Personally, I have my doubts.  Watchdog is a software product, so it seems to
me a student could simply boot from a floppy and access the hard disk freely.

The advertising fluff claims Watchdog prevents this.  Their sales people
claim it works, but (understandably, I suppose) won't give us any details.

Is anyone out there using Watchdog?  Does it live up to its claims?  If not,
have you heard of anything else that will do this?

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