We used foolproof at my HS and it worked pretty well. It kept out all the
students at my school, but then, that's not saying much. I'd recommend it.
Scott Holder
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Perin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Duo/2400 List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 8:46 PM
Subject: [Duo2400] Re: OS 8.6 Security
> Tom-
>
> I guess that a screensaver would do the job. I just want to keep students
> out, or anyone else who might use my room after hours (we have adult
> education in our building, and some people have had problems).
Screensavers
> can, of course, be disabled by the shift key at startup. I know most
people
> don't know Macs well enough to do that, but I'd still rather not take the
> chance.
> -Just wondered if anyone had had any experience with some piece of
software
> like Foolproof or At Ease on OS 8.6.
>
> > From: Tom Rymes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Duo/2400 List)
> > Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2001 19:50:20 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Duo/2400 List)
> >
> > 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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