> >Subject: Re: DR-DOS 7.02..."I like it" > > > >On Thu, 14 Jan 1999 22:04:21 +1000, Pop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, wrote: > > > > Anyone know if SECURITY.BIN in DR-DOS can be gotten around apart from > > a boot disk? Because i figure my laptop is pretty secure if it has an > > EXTERNAL floppy drive ;-), orrrr you could change the boot > > sequence...that would make a laptop quite impenatrable...would > > require removing the hard disk and slaving it somehow. > > > > 1. Well, you <can> get around the "Security, but it's a bit of a > pain.. the feature, like the "password" feature, stores the > information in a part of the hard-disk, but doesn't "tell" you > where. > > But, you can use a disk-editor, like Norton, to see exactly where > the Sector containing the "secret-password-stuff" <is>.. you just > have to correlate the hex-stuff in Norton to Physical disk-locations. > > So, yes, it <can> be done, since I had to retrieve my <own> stuff, > that I (arghhh!) "secured", by accident. Heh heh! I think passwords should have a password on setting the password. Because if you dont want to have a password on something, anyone can come along and enter a password which they wont remember! Stupid human-machine glitch there! > 2. What I use to fix my 'puter from the "uninvited" is this: > > 2a. I "encrypt" everything, in a v-disk, before writing-it to the > hard-drive.. yes, a 12-year-old could probably break-it, but, > it'll frustrate the <dimwit> who is going to steal your laptop. > > 2b. I have a very-small program that over-writes (zeros) my > boot-sector; and when I want to use the machine, I can "restore" > (re-write) the boot-sector.. I call it "The Naughting Utility". > > This is pretty-darn-effective, but, it too can be bypassed.. in > the highly-unlikely case your data-thief works for, say, Ontrack. > > 2c. I also physically shut-off (electically-isolate) <all> of the > access-ports with a key-switch.. remember, that parallel/serial/ > floppy/modem/keyboard/monitor port is always vulnerable. > > This "secret-stuff" is from yet another book I never got around to > publishing, called "Hard-Core Corporate & Govt. Data Security", > which had chapters like: "Bolt It Down", "Rebar & Concrete, Your > Friend".. does anyone think it would have sold? No but it's cool. From, Paul (Quantum Business Systems) www.quantumsystems.com.au To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies.
