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- From: robert@alkymi.unit.no (Robert Schmidt)
- Subject: Re: PCL10.ZIP - Program to protect your PC from other people
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.115525.27702@ugle.unit.no>
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- Organization: Norwegian Institute of Technology
- References: <9301161016.kp3677@tacom-emh1.army.mil> <VTY04VG@math.fu-berlin.de> <NJW.93Jan25100419@bambam.cs.city.ac.uk>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 11:55:25 GMT
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- In article <NJW.93Jan25100419@bambam.cs.city.ac.uk>, njw@cs.city.ac.uk (Nick Williams) writes:
- >
- > I had a problem with CCP, tho, which made it fairly useless for me: I
- > enabled the "Require Boot Password" thing. Sure enough, it asked for a
- > password. To check this out, I typed in the _incorrect_ password three
- > times to see the result. The machine then booted normally, and the
- > boot password was removed permanently. What? Well, I dunno, but it
- > sure does not add to security.
-
- I'll second this one!
-
- The same happened to me with CCP 1.0, except that I can't remember the
- password being removed. I guess I didn't check. Anyway, I could type
- whatever I want at the password prompt, the PC still booted. I have not
- tried the update version, as the password facility in Stacker 3.0 gives
- me the protection I need.
-
- What's worse, I e-mailed mcaffee directly, without getting a hint of a
- reply. Also, Timo Salmi was kind enough to forward my previous post
- about this to them... still no result.
-
-
- > Nick
- > --
- > Nick Williams E-mail: njw@cs.city.ac.uk (MIME and ATK)
- > Systems Architecture Research Centre, Tel: +44 71 477 8551
- > London, EC1V 0HB Fax: +44 71 477 8587
-
-
- Robert Schmidt
- robert@alkymi.unit.no
-