POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.off-topic : Short one : Re: Short one Server Time
11 Oct 2024 17:46:46 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Short one  
From: scott
Date: 11 Oct 2007 03:30:20
Message: <470dd10c$1@news.povray.org>
>  Accounts, access control, etc. are only good for remote access.
> If someone has direct access to your computer, they serve only as a
> deterrent for the novice and a slowdown for the expert. There's little
> stopping the user from eg. booting from a linux installation disk and
> wiping out the contents of the HDs.

That may be so, but they wouldn't be able to read my data, or modify it 
without me noticing (eg that the HD has been wiped, or certain files give an 
error when trying to load).  They need my password and my USB security key 
to be able to do that.


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