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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.
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....
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.