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- PASSWORD README NOTES & SHAREWARE NOTICE 04/9/90
-
-
- This is an update to a previous version of password that I released
- in August of 1989. The previous version (v1.41p) was public domain,
- this version is SHAREWARE. If you desire you may continue to use version
- 1.41p as public domain. Note that this version of password uses a better
- password encoding algorithm and previous s:password files are incompatible.
- A list of the changes are at the end of this file.
-
- If you use this SHAREWARE version, you should send me $25 as payment for the
- program. In return, you will receive a custom version, with a maintenance
- password of your choice. The maintenance password of this SHAREWARE version
- is 'shareware'. If anyone has these documents, they have access to your
- computer using the 'shareware' maintenance password. Include a 5 to 10
- character word that you want your personal maintenance password to be. Your
- personal copy of password will not display the annoying SHAREWARE notice
- like this version does.
-
- If you include a disk with copies of your current startup-sequence and
- startupII files, I will hard-code part of these files into your password
- program to make your computer even more secure.
-
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-
- This will be complicated. How's that statement for a program. But it
- has to be complicated for security. Making the Amiga secure is impossible.
- But with work, you can make it complicated enough to discourage anyone from
- being able to boot your system. Actually booting the system is easy, but if
- you set your system up properly using this password program, you will need
- the correct password to obtain full access to the Amiga.
-
- To really install this program correctly, you need to be quite familiar with
- the CLI and your startup-sequence.
-
- This program can be better, but then it loses portability to every Amiga.
-
- Install the program and change the password. View the password file. It
- looks like a bunch of garbage. Then change the password to something else
- and then back to the original password. View the file again, it's
- different!
-
- Since I wrote the program and am very familiar with CLI and batch files, I
- can think of many ways to get around the program (which I won't totally
- describe). But real knowledge is required to circumvent the program, do
- your kids or wife (or husband) or friends have this knowledge?
-
- There is a back-door into this program. There is a maintenance password
- that will always work no matter if the user password is known or not.
- This means that if anyone else has these documents, they have the
- maintenance password and access to your computer. See password.doc for
- more information on the maintenance password. Making the SHAREWARE
- payment will get you a copy of the program with a maintenance password
- of your choice.
-
- Please send the SHAREWARE payment if you use this program. SHAREWARE
- payments insure that programmers will continue to support the Amiga with new
- and interesting programs.
-
- Good luck, and feel free to contact me if you need any help getting setup.
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-
-
- George Kerber
- 19756 E. Linvale Drive
- Aurora, CO 80013
- 303-620-2027
-
- Compuserve: 74010,2132
-
-
- FYI: I recently got divorced and discovered that my wife had been in my
- computer deleting files and gathering information. Although she no
- longer has access to my computer, no one else will ever use my
- computer without my permission or against me....
-
-
-
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- Version 1.42p Changes from 1.21p
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- Some changes were made between the previous public domain version and this
- shareware version. You cannot just replace this new version with your old
- version.
-
-
- 1. The biggest change is that this version is no longer Public Domain.
- This version is SHAREWARE. See the section above on how to
- register and receive your custom version.
-
- 2. Password no longer executes the s:startupII file, instead it uses
- s:startup2. It is not necessary that this file exist, but if it
- does, it will be executed.
-
- 3. Password no longer creates and assigns the ENV: directory. This must
- be accomplished by the startup2 file. See the password.doc file.
-
- 4. Password will execute 'c:setclock load' for you if the file exists
- in your SYS:c directory. If you are using this command to read
- your battery clock to your system clock, you no longer have to
- execute it before executing password.
-
- 5. It is no longer necessary to assign your system disk before
- executing password in your startup-sequence. Instead you must
- specify the disk you wish to be assigned as SYS: as an option
- to the password program when you execute it from your startup-
- sequence. See the password.doc file for more information.
-