vera@Portia.Stanford.EDU (James Vera) (04/26/89)
Is anyone aware of a public domain or commercial product that allows you to require a password to access the hard disk? I'd appreciate any tips. -- James S. Vera | Internet |Standard Disclaimers Stanford University| vera@portia.stanford.edu |Blah Blah Blah Blah Bellcore |vera2@mruxb.cc.bellcore.com|vvv My Cutesy Quote vvv "When I was young it seemed that life was so wonderful..." - Supertramp
a_dent@vaxa.uwa.oz (Andy Dent, ph: 09 380 2620) (05/07/89)
In article <1834@Portia.Stanford.EDU>, vera@Portia.Stanford.EDU (James Vera) writes: > Is anyone aware of a public domain or commercial product that allows > you to require a password to access the hard disk? I'd appreciate any tips. > I doubt if there's any decent PD out there (given the commercial orientation of hard disk security issues) but Symantec Utilities for Macintosh (SUM) has a Hard Disk Partition program that provides encryption/password-protection of partitions. I haven't used this so I can't vouch for the speed but the partitions in general seem ok.
paulm@nikhefk.UUCP (Paul Molenaar) (05/10/89)
In article <568338@vaxa.uwa.oz> a_dent@vaxa.uwa.oz (Andy Dent, ph: 09 380 2620) writes: #In article <1834@Portia.Stanford.EDU>, vera@Portia.Stanford.EDU (James Vera) writes: #> Is anyone aware of a public domain or commercial product that allows #> you to require a password to access the hard disk? I'd appreciate any tips. #> You could also check out SilverServer utilities. Comes at about $99 and has some very nice features for that money. Including the SilverLining formatter for Cirrus harddisks (but usable for many other popular harddisk brands). It can partition your harddisk (even re-partition without re-formatting under some circumstances) and cane have you set up a password for one/some/all of your (logical) harddisks. Nice feature by the way: my Mac now won't run from its harddisk without{ the proper password (great if you have kids :). Booting from floppy won t help either, because the password protection scheme is somehow buried in the SCSI-driver (or so I think). No way you're gonna mount the harddisk without the password. Bet it breaks all the Apple rules... but hey... I don't care. SilverLining is only part of the SilverServer package that can have you run a Tops-like network. Even share one modem on an AppleTalk network. Works a bit clumsy, but what you expect at $99 ;) BTW: I don't know LaCie (the publisher) only as a customer of their product. Paul Molenaar "Just checking the walls" - Basil Fawlty - -- Paul Molenaar "Just checking the walls" - Basil Fawlty -