Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!zephyr.ens.tek.com!tekcrl!tekfdi!videovax!waldref From: waldref@videovax.tv.Tek.com (Greg Waldref) Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: Re: locking out a hard disk Keywords: harddisk msdos driveB security Message-ID: <5567@videovax.tv.Tek.com> Date: 1 Oct 89 07:46:47 GMT References: <148@uwm.edu> <635@targon.UUCP> Reply-To: waldref@videovax.tv.tek.com (Greg Waldref) Organization: Tektronix TV Measurement Systems, Beaverton OR Lines: 22 In article <635@targon.UUCP> gert@targon.UUCP (Gert Kanis) writes: >In article <148@uwm.edu> datta@vacs.uwp.wisc.edu (David Datta) writes: >>I am in the position of putting a machine with a hard disk out in a >>public area. We do not want to give most people access to the hard >>disk. >> >>The software needs to be able to prevent someone from just coming in >>and booting up on a floppy version of DOS and then letting them have >>access. >>-- >>-Dave datta@vacs.uwp.wisc.edu > The solution that you are looking for is: PC-Lock which can be had from Johnson Computer Systems, 20 Dinwiddie Place, Newport News, VA 23602. It will do all you ask and alot more. It is about $30-$50 as I remember. If someone does not have the password they can forget about getting at the hard drive even if they pop the cover. greg waldref@videovax.tv.tek.com