samuels@cod.NOSC.MIL (Lawrence J. Samuels) (06/05/90)
Does anyone have experience with a hard-disk protection program called "The Nightwatch", published by Kent Marsh Ltd? It's a progam which password-protects hard disks from unauthorized usage, requiring a password to mount them on the Mac desktop. I'm interested both in good and bad experiences with the program; how much did it get in your way when trying to use the Mac, any incompatibilities with other products, hard disk repair problems when the disk is inaccessible to the repair person, etc? Feel free to email responses to me, or post in reply if you feel it's of general interest. If anyone mails me, I send them what info I get, or summarize to the net if I get enough responses. Thanks much; see you around the bit stream! Larry Samuels samuels@nosc.mil
frank@mnetor.UUCP (Frank Kolnick) (06/06/90)
In article <1934@cod.NOSC.MIL) samuels@cod.NOSC.MIL (Lawrence J. Samuels) writes:
)
)Does anyone have experience with a hard-disk protection program
)called "The Nightwatch", published by Kent Marsh Ltd? It's a progam
)which password-protects hard disks from unauthorized usage, requiring
)a password to mount them on the Mac desktop.
)
)I'm interested both in good and bad experiences with the program; how much did
)it get in your way when trying to use the Mac, any incompatibilities
)with other products, hard disk repair problems when the disk is inaccessible
)to the repair person, etc?
I've been using it for about two years. It meets my needs (I originally
tried MacSafe, but that was far too cumbersome). It's unobtrusive, and
hasn't conflicted with anything yet.
--
Frank Kolnick,
Basis Computer Systems Inc.
UUCP: {allegra, linus}!utzoo!mnetor!frankbrion@cbnewsh.att.com (brion.n.feinberg) (06/08/90)
From article <5439@mnetor.UUCP>, by frank@mnetor.UUCP (Frank Kolnick): > In article <1934@cod.NOSC.MIL) samuels@cod.NOSC.MIL (Lawrence J. Samuels) writes: > ) > )Does anyone have experience with a hard-disk protection program > )called "The Nightwatch", published by Kent Marsh Ltd? It's a progam > )which password-protects hard disks from unauthorized usage, requiring > )a password to mount them on the Mac desktop. > ) ... > > I've been using it for about two years. It meets my needs (I originally > tried MacSafe, but that was far too cumbersome). It's unobtrusive, and > hasn't conflicted with anything yet. My experiences were less positive, but I can't really fault the software. After using Nightwatch for several months with no problem, something went wrong. I'm not sure if the hard disk had a problem or perhaps I stumbled on a problem with Nightwatch. In any case, the disk never showed up to the Nightwatch program. And with that, there was nothing I could do. None of my other programs (such as SUM) were any good, since the disk was still "locked" by Nightwatch and couldn't be accessed. I ended up reinitializing the disk and restoring from my backup (God bless DiskFit!). I never tried to figure out what went wrong and I no longer use Nightwatch. Brion brion@hounx.att.com
hemstree@handel.CS.Colostate.Edu (charles he hemstreet) (06/11/90)
In article <1990Jun7.202201.2709@cbnewsh.att.com> brion@cbnewsh.att.com (brion.n.feinberg) writes: Path: ccncsu!boulder!ncar!asuvax!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!slug!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!psuvax1!rutgers!att!cbnewsh!brion From: brion@cbnewsh.att.com (brion.n.feinberg) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Date: 7 Jun 90 20:22:01 GMT References: <5439@mnetor.UUCP> Distribution: usa Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 27 From article <5439@mnetor.UUCP>, by frank@mnetor.UUCP (Frank Kolnick): > In article <1934@cod.NOSC.MIL) samuels@cod.NOSC.MIL (Lawrence J. Samuels) writes: > ) > )Does anyone have experience with a hard-disk protection program > )called "The Nightwatch", published by Kent Marsh Ltd? It's a progam > )which password-protects hard disks from unauthorized usage, requiring > )a password to mount them on the Mac desktop. > ) ... > > I've been using it for about two years. It meets my needs (I originally > tried MacSafe, but that was far too cumbersome). It's unobtrusive, and > hasn't conflicted with anything yet. My experiences were less positive, but I can't really fault the software. After using Nightwatch for several months with no problem, something went wrong. I'm not sure if the hard disk had a problem or perhaps I stumbled on a problem with Nightwatch. In any case, the disk never showed up to the Nightwatch program. And with that, there was nothing I could do. None of my other programs (such as SUM) were any good, since the disk was still "locked" by Nightwatch and couldn't be accessed. I ended up reinitializing the disk and restoring from my backup (God bless DiskFit!). I never tried to figure out what went wrong and I no longer use Nightwatch. Brion brion@hounx.att.com How about !MacPassword?? It is Shareware and sounds like it works like Nightwatch. I am trialing it out and it works great!! Has master password and also allows guest limited use. It's available via Educorp CD-ROM. Chip -- !===========================================================================! ! Charles H. Hemstreet IV !internet: hemstree@handel.cs.Colostate.Edu ! ! Colorado State University ! "stay out of trouble!" -RoboCop ! !===========================================================================!