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Subject: Locking pcs
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Date: 10 Apr 89 14:36:42 GMT
Reply-To: mireley@frith.egr.msu.edu ()
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Organization: Michigan State University, Engineering, E. Lansing
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After the recent theft of a test, maybe from the hard disk of a pc,
we are looking for ways to keep people from using the pc after gaining
access to the pc.

Are there pieces of hardware that can be used to lock power switches,
or keyboard input to pc's and mac's?

Are there software or hardware devices that would require password
access to the basic operating systems after power up of pc's or mac's?

Since these systems are on a lan, are there any software packages
floating around that would let a system on the network watch what is
being spooled to the printer? The lan is Appletalk/Localtalk and
TOPS.


John Mireley
Dept. of Chemistry
MI State Univ.