FENCE is a simple, safe, disk password protection program. This is a full working version that allows you to protect your hard drive or floppy disk from prying eyes. The present password is "fence" (It doesn't matter whether you type upper or lower case). FENCE allows you to define a password to whatever you want. Use fence as the startup application.
FENCE can be used with MultiFinder™. If you leave your Mac unattended, simply run this program for protection.
FEATURES:
• Simple password generation (not case sensitive)
• The window covers the entire screen hiding your desktop.
• Gives last bootup date and time
• Creates a trespass file which shows what failed password was tried
• The screen has color in it for Mac II color monitors.
WHY 'FENCE' ?
Although there are many password protection programs around, I wanted some features that the others don't give. Many of the protection programs lock the hard drive or do some funny encryption stuff. FENCE does not lock or encrypt anything. I wanted a safe program that would be easy for me to break into, just in case I forgot the password (I have a terrible memory). (That's why it's called "FENCE." It's easy to climb over.) If you forget the password, simply bootup from another floppy disk and remove FENCE from the hard drive.
Second, I wanted the program to hide the desktop from prying eyes. The programs I've seen use a tiny window allowing the user to see important file names and such. FENCE uses a full screen window that hides everything! FENCE hides the desktop on the SE type Macs and the 13" RGB type monitors used by the Mac II's. It won't hide everything for the large screens, but, you should be able to put your folders underneath most of this window.
Third, I wanted to be able to detect whether a person tried to get into my computer by trying to use a password. FENCE shows the last bootup date on the screen and creates a dummy file(s) with the name of the password that they tried to use (heh, heh). If you see this file (the icon looks like a broken fence with the word 'trespass'), you can look at the creation date (from Get Info) and find out the exact time and date that someone tried to get in. (Now all you need to do is dust your keyboard for finger prints <grin>.)
As an example, if someone tried the password "secret" and "Mac", you would see two trespass files on your hard drive: "Frame 1 secret" and "Frame 2 Mac". Try it. Type in a wrong password and look for the trespass file on your disk. If you place FNECE in a folder, the trespass files will appear there. These trespass files don't take up any memory but you'll want to trash them anyway.
Use FENCE as the startup application.
To install it, use it as the startup application. If you don't know how, here's how to do it:
While in the Finder, click once on the FENCE icon to select it.
Pull down the "Special" menu choice and choose "Set Startup..."
Click the "OK" button.
That's all there is to it! You are now protected. The next time you boot up,
the computer will run this program.
When your computer is booted up, the user will see a screen asking for a password. The present password is "fence". Once you type the correct password, you will be allowed to exit to the Finder or to change the password. If you change the password, it doesn't matter whether you use upper or lower case letters. I would suggest that the first character of your password be a letter. (Use symbols as the first character at your own risk). You can use up to 20 characters for your password. Spaces are allowed.
Try running this program before you use it as a startup application to see if you like it.
In all due respects, there are several other good password protection programs out there. If you need better protection than FRAME, please look at
a INIT/Cdev called PASSPORT by Iggi Monahelis. This program will allow the locking of your hard drive or floppy. You use it thru the control panel. A Demo of it is in the GEnie library.
Contact: Prazitel, Inc. / PO Box 15521 / Ann Arbor, MI 48106
(313) 485-6278 (EST)
DISCLAIMER
Although I've used FRAME for awhile now on my SE and Mac II and feel that it's a safe program, you must realize that I am not responsible for your using it. Jim Walker or Flight Engineering shall have no liability or responsibility to the user or entity with respect to any loss or damage caused or alleged to be caused by this program.
This is a shareware program. If you use it, please send a donation or comments to:
Jim Walker
Flight Engineering
PO Box 661133
Miami Springs, FL 33266
(305) 884-1475
If you send a donation of $10 or more, I'll send you instructions on how to
put a picture into the window of the FENCE screen by using ResEdit.
Flight Engineering makes other software too:
UNIVERSAL CALCULATOR for mechanical designers and engineers.
PACK-ER II for cushion packaging engineers.
ELEMENTS PLUS a HyperCard database of the periodic table of the elements.
