IT staff tend to be strange people... Not that I'd know anything since I
work in IT... ;)
I can't say I'm surprised that IT values hardware more than information.
Perhaps it's because they can fix hardware, but can't fix info. It's also a
bit easier to control, too, come to think of it.
Anyway, based on my personal experience with both Norton DiskLock (now
PowerOn Software's DiskLock) and the LaCie Silverlining password (part of
Silverlining Pro's formatting software), I would recommend:
1) Boot off of an external device (cd-rom, whatever), and run the latest
version of Apple's Drive Setup software.
2) Run Drive Setup, and do a low-level format of the internal drive. It'll
wipe out everything, and should write Apple's hard disk driver over the
existing one, thus getting rid of any security software that's been
installed on the Master Boot Record.
In multiple-disk settings, most security software will allow you to bypass
the disk with the software installed. It should give you a "cancel" option,
allowing you to access the other disks, but not the one which has had the
software installed. Most seem to work by writing a specialized driver down
to the disk which won't allow the Finder to mount them up to the desktop
without some sort of authorization scheme.
I hope this helps,
-Nathan
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> Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Sunday, November 14, 1999 2:03 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of DuoList
> Subject: [Duo] Re: duos out the wazzoo but with security
>
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote...
>
> > O.K., now that I've thought about this, does it strike
> > anybody as strange that people would actually turn their
> > PowerBooks in with info on them? If my boss came to me and
> > said they were upgrading PowerBooks, turn my old one in
> > tomorrow, you can bet I'd backup my disk and then do a low
> > level format of the disk just to wipe everything off and
> > make sure nothing embarrassing or confidential fell into
> > the wrong hands. At the very least, I would think IS would
> > have done this for security reasons. Am I alone here? How
> > did this happen?
> >
> > P.S. and it has to be "low-level" format. I can't tell you
> > how many disks I have looked at with Norton's file recover
> > software on computer's I've bought or picked up and
> > recovered all sorts of interesting things!
>
> actually, this is becoming a more serious problem.
>
> i've read recently of a lawsuit filed by a woman whose medical records
> were on a pc that was sold (as part of a larger lot) at auction, much
> like this fellow who bought those duo's. she's claiming violation of
> various laws prohibiting the unauthorized disclosure of medical records,
> and is seeking substantial punitive damages, if memory serves....
>
> seems as though IT staff at these corporations believes that hardware is
> more valuable than information, when i daresay many of us know the
> opposite to be true.
>
>
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