dana@are.berkeley.edu (Dana E. Keil) (04/11/91)
Has anyone done a review of the various applications, screen savers and so forth that will prevent access to a Mac? I am particularly interested in the point of view of administrators, i.e. what is the least annoying/dangerous one to use. Users here are asking for something that will prevent others from seeing confidential files and/or from using the machine. My answer usually is "keep confidential stuff on floppy disks" but they're demanding more; my concern is not to use something that will be a fantastic headache when passwords are forgotten or when disks have problems. What suggestions can you give? -- Dana E. Keil Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics University of California, Berkeley dana@are.berkeley.edu
carl@aoa.UUCP (Carl Witthoft) (04/17/91)
In article <dana.671307230@are.Berkeley.EDU> dana@are.berkeley.edu (Dana E. Keil) writes: [asking for password apps....] >usually is "keep confidential stuff on floppy disks" but they're >demanding more; my concern is not to use something that will be >a fantastic headache when passwords are forgotten or when disks >have problems. What suggestions can you give? x Sorry for the semi-flame, but What the heck is the point of this stupidity???? If "they" want to protect their stuff w/ a password, "they" ought at least to be mature enuff to either remember a simple password or shut up and quit whining if they are incapable of remembering it. The whole point of a password is to protect a file. If you can get around it easily, it's useless. You might as well start each file out with a page that goes: "Please dont' read this ^L " flame off. Lock up your confidential stuff. Write your password down at home. -- Alix' and Luke's Dad ( Carl Witthoft @ Adaptive Optics Associates) {decvax,linus,ima,ihnp4}!bbncca!aoa!carl OR {wjh12,mit-vax}!bbn!aoa!carl 54 CambridgePark Drive, Cambridge,MA 02140 617-864-0201 ##I know it's true: I saw it on TV##