On Sunday 20 March 2005 14:01, Kristaps Kaupe wrote:
> As I already said - you can't have serious security in DOS. Asking password
> would protect only from dumb users who don't know about F5/F8.

Asking password CAN give protection, but following rules must be applied:
1. SWITCHES command in CONFIG.SYS, which will disable the F5/F8 bypass.
2. BIOS set up to boot ONLY from C: (Floppy/CDROM boot disabled)

Fox


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