DiskLocker™ 1.3 is shareware $10 . (See the "How to register ?" file.)
You can copy it, distribute it where you want: including CD-ROM, magazines, BBS, Compuserve, Internet,....
Contacting the author :
If you use this program, please let me know ! And don't forget DiskLocker™ is shareware $10. (I'm a poor student...) How to contact me via snail mail :
Olivier Lebra
8, rue Paul Bounin
F-06100 Nice
FRANCE
Phone : (+33) 93 98 40 91
I'm French, so please excuse the mistakes in the documentation...
Internet :
olivier@kagi.com is an alias to my current Internet address.
What is DiskLocker™ ?
DiskLocker™ is a security utility. It allows you to lock and unlock a volume (floppy disks, SyQuest™ cartdriges,...) easily. When a disk is locked, it can not be changed, no files can be modified or thrown away, but you can ever read from the disk. You can attach a password with each disk you lock. Of course, this password will be necessary to unlock the disk.
System Requirements
DiskLoker™ works only on Macintosh running system software version 7.0 or later.
Using DiskLocker™
Choose a disk in the list. If you want, enter a password in the edit box, and press the Lock button (or Unlock if the disk was previously locked). If there is a password attached to a locked disk, you must enter it in the edit box before to be allowed to unlock the disk.
When a disk is locked by DiskLocker™, an unfilled lock symbol appear near the disk name in the list. If the disk is physically locked, the symbol is filled (if the disk is locked by DiskLocker™ and physically locked, the symbol is filled...).
If a disk is physically locked, DiskLocker™ can neither lock or unlock the disk.
Because some programs, such as the Finder™, display the lock status of disks, DiskLocker™ forces all windows to be redrawn whenever you lock or unlock a disk.
Additional Information
Don't forget your password !
Don't install DiskLocker™ on an unlocked disk. Someone may lock your disk !
When you register for DiskLocker™, you receive a registration number. You can use it as a password if you have forgotten it. If you forget your registration number, I can send it to you as quickly as possible.
Contacting the author
Don't hesitate to contact me ! Please send me bugs reports, suggestions about DiskLocker™ (and, if possible, $10 !!!). If you give me your address, I will send you all my other programs and future versions of DiskLocker™. Please enclose a floppy disk if you have no access to Internet.
Revision history
04/15/95 Version 1.3
- use of Kagi Shareware
- slight improvements in the locking process
10/27/94 Version 1.2
- passwords entered in the edit box are now always crypted
- the registration number can be use as a password if the real password was forgotten
06/02/94 Version 1.1v2
- the DiskLocker™ window is no longer redrawn when locking or unlocking
(only background windows and desktop are redrawn)
- DiskLocker™ became shareware
05/23/94 Version 1.1v1
- lock symbol was not updated when hard locking a disk ejected but mounted
- bug with the clipboard fixed + toggle Hide-Show (the Finder does not toggle but TeachText (and now SimpleText) does it, so I did it)
05/22/94 Version 1.1
- more beautiful interface
- more efficient lock/unlock method
- hardware and software lock symbols are now different
- one password per disk
- no longer compatible with system 6.0.7
05/18/94 Version 1.0v2
- there was not enough memory to display the "About box" ! (not easy to test it)
05/18/94 Version 1.0v1
- there was not enough memory to display the "About box" (thanks to David Airey)
05/18/94 DiskLocker 1.0 released
Distribution
DiskLocker™ may be distributed via the Internet archives, online services such as CompuServe, America Online, eWorld, or AppleLink, user groups, BBSs, and informal transfers between friends. It can also be included on CD-ROMs, with books or magazines. The author would appreciate a copy of the medium on which DiskLocker™ appears. Whenever DiskLocker™ is distributed, it must be distributed unaltered and as a complete package, including the Register program.
Disclaimer
Use this software, DiskLocker™, at your own risk. The author, Olivier Lebra, accepts no liability for any damage caused by the use of DiskLocker™. I have made a great effort to ensure that DiskLocker™ is bug free, but, as we all know, the perfect program does not exist.