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From: rgc@raybed2.UUCP (RICK CARLE)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Locking pcs
Summary: suggestion: use a floppy
Message-ID: <1297@raybed2.UUCP>
Date: 12 Apr 89 17:57:20 GMT
References: <2434@cps3xx.UUCP>
Distribution: usa
Organization: Raytheon Co., Bedford, Mass.
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In article <2434@cps3xx.UUCP>, usenet@cps3xx.UUCP (Usenet file owner) writes:
> 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.

Suggestion:
Forget about trying to stop people from using the PC.  Any solution good
enough to stop the best hackers will be obnoxious to everyone else.
Instead, safeguard your file.
1) Store your test questions on a floppy, rather than the hard disk.
 Keep the floppy in a padlocked file cabinet.
2) Update and edit the file only on RAM disk.  Be sure to delete any
 temporary hard disk copies or backups that might be created by your
 word processor, grammar checker, print spooler or whatever.  (The less
 software tools you use the better.)
3) Use only a local (to your PC) printer.
4) Disconnect from the LAN.

	Rick Carle