I think you might have the wrong email - you sent this to Lee


>On Thu, 1 Feb 2001, Dave Perin wrote:
>
>>  Hi, List-
>>
>>  I'm a school teacher with a Docked Duo 2300 at my desk.  I run the Mac
>>  off the dock's hard drive while at school.  I installed OS 9.04, mostly
>>  because I NEED the security provided by the Multiple Users feature.  Can
>>  you say S-L-O-W???
>>  I have never tried OS 8.6 on this Mac, having gone from 8.1 to OS9.  I'd
>>  like to try 8.6 with some version of AT EASE to provide security.
>>  However, over the years I've noticed that as our school used newer and
>>  newer versions of the Mac OS, At Ease (even updated) made things more
>>  buggy.
>>  Here's the question... can anyone recommend 8.6 for this machine, or
>>  not? If so, haw about which version of At Ease, if any?
>>
>>  Dave Perin
>
>Dave,
>
>What type of security do you need? When you are away from your desk? TO
>keep someone from deleting files? To keep them from starting up the
>machine when you are not there?
>
>You might be able to use a screen saver if you are the only one that uses
>the machine. If you password protect it, you can keep people from snooping
>on your computer when you are away from your desk.
>
>If the computer is there and turned off when you are at home, then you
>could format the HD with Silverlining or some other third-party formatter
>that will allow you to put a password on it. Double check the archives if
>you have upgraded the HD in the 2300. I know that Apple's Powerbook
>security control panel had a bug (I think) that manifested itself if the
>HD was larger than 4GB or something like that. I don't think that it is a
>hardware bug, so I think that it wouldn't be problem for a third-party
>piece of software.
>
>Just some thoughts. I know that there used to be a program called
>"FileGuard" for the mac that provided security for your files, too.
>
>
>Tom
>
>
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