rww@demon.siemens.com (Richard W West) (09/01/90)
Does anyone know of a screen saver that has the option to turn on/off a
password? Something along the line of what is pretty popular on the SUN
workstations is what I am looking for.
The reason I am looking for this is because I need to be logged onto two
fileservers throughout the night for backups to be done, but I do not
like the fact that someone can easily access the Fileservers using my
machine, which is already logged on as Administrator. Severe security
hazard there..
Any information would be greatly appreciated.
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-Rich West Internet: rww@demon.siemens.com
Siemens Corporate Research and Development Laboratories in Princeton, NJ
Disclaimer: These opinions are mine. They may be yours; they may be
the company's. Then again, maybe not.boris@world.std.com (Boris Levitin) (09/01/90)
rww@demon.siemens.com (Richard W West) writes: >Does anyone know of a screen saver that has the option to turn on/off a >password? Something along the line of what is pretty popular on the SUN >workstations is what I am looking for. >The reason I am looking for this is because I need to be logged onto two >fileservers throughout the night for backups to be done, but I do not >like the fact that someone can easily access the Fileservers using my >machine, which is already logged on as Administrator. Severe security >hazard there.. >Any information would be greatly appreciated. > The current version of After Dark (2.0) from Berkeley System Design has a password feature, and so, I believe, does the current version of its main competitor Pyro! from 5th Generation Systems. Both are available at mailorder sources for ~$45. Boris Levitin ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- WGBH Public Broadcasting, Boston boris@world.std.com Audience & Marketing Research wgbx!boris_levitin@athena.mit.edu ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- (The opinions expressed herein are my own and do not necessarily coincide with those of my employer or anyone else. The WGBH tag is for ID only.)
rww@demon.siemens.com (Richard W West) (09/04/90)
Here are the results of my search:
The two screen savers that give the option to have a password like that
commonly found on the SUNs are AfterDark and Pyro!. I got 3 recommendations
for Pyro! and 4 recommendations for AfterDark. Two people recommended either
one, the four that recommended AfterDark commented on the support and pictures
(they were the prettiest?), and the three that recommended Pyro! simply stated
that it was a cool program.
Seeing that I currently own Pyro! (it has been sitting on a shelf here for some
time), I will try it out.
Thanks to everyone for their responses.
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-Rich West Internet: rww@demon.siemens.com
Siemens Corporate Research and Development Laboratories in Princeton, NJ
Disclaimer: These opinions are mine. They may be yours; they may be
the company's. Then again, maybe not.rbrink@hubcap.clemson.edu (Rick Brink) (09/05/90)
From article <38447@siemens.siemens.com>, by rww@demon.siemens.com (Richard W West): > Does anyone know of a screen saver that has the option to turn on/off a > password? Something along the line of what is pretty popular on the SUN > workstations is what I am looking for. > PYRO 4.0 has a password access setup. I don't know how tough it is to break, but my guess is booting from a floppy will let you in. If you combine it with one of the other security options, it could let you leave it on an unattended...
ngg@bridge2.ESD.3Com.COM (Norman Goodger) (09/14/90)
In article <1990Sep1.031516.4288@world.std.com> boris@world.std.com (Boris Levitin) writes: >The current version of After Dark (2.0) from Berkeley System Design has a >password feature, and so, I believe, does the current version of its main >competitor Pyro! from 5th Generation Systems. Both are available at >mailorder sources for ~$45. >Boris Levitin I recently purchased AD2.0 for a friend for $22 from MacConnection. Which is signifincantly less than 45. Not sure what Pyro 4.0 is is selling for, but for the $$, After Dark 2.0 is the only way to go as far as a universal screens saver with password protection goes. Well worth it.. -- Norm Goodger SysOp - MacInfo BBS @415-795-8862 3Com Corp. Co-SysOp FreeSoft RT - GEnie. Enterprise Systems Division (I disclaim anything and everything) UUCP: {3comvax,auspex,sun}!bridge2!ngg Internet: ngg@bridge2.ESD.3Com.COM
das@Apple.COM (David Shayer) (09/14/90)
In article <2828@bridge2.ESD.3Com.COM> ngg@bridge2.ESD.3Com.COM (Norman Goodger) writes: > I recently purchased AD2.0 for a friend for $22 from MacConnection. > Which is signifincantly less than 45. Not sure what Pyro 4.0 is is > selling for, but for the $$, After Dark 2.0 is the only way to go > as far as a universal screens saver with password protection goes. I must put in a good word for Pyro 4.0. I use Pyro all the time, and its great. We could argue back and forth over little features, but I would recommend Pyro as stronly as you recommend After Dark. MacAvenue had Pyro 4.0 for $21. And the password protection feature in Pyro is just as good as the password protection feature in AD. (You can get around both of them by booting from a floppy.) David