Without harddrive encryption such a program is not of much use. It only defeats dumb users.
That's not a smart remark to make. That's in fact an insult for people who are using this program. It doesn't have to defeat "dumb" users. It's a protection against "dumb" housemates/friends/wife/children. The user is the one that knows the password after all...
Surely, with Kick 1.3 and bootpri=127 it is rather difficult to access the drive's data but with physical access to the machine and the right skills it can be done quickly.
Either
- connect the harddrive to a Linux machine and use a hex editor to change bootpri or
- connect the harddrive to a Kick 2.0 machine and use the early startup menu to boot from another disk or
- connect a second harddrive to the controller which also has a partition with bootpri=127 but no protection or
- disable the hdd controller and manually mount the partitions loading the driver from floppy disk (especially in the Kick 1.3 era many hdd controllers offered this option for compatibility with kick 1.2).
Yes, I'm fully aware that if you open up your Amiga and change things in there, you'd be able to bypass SysLock and get to the content of the harddrive. Everything is crackable. Even the biggest safe!
But the point is that this program is for Amiga users that want to keep other people away from the contents of their HD. The average housemates/friends/wife/children doesn't have a clue on how to access your HD with SysLock installed. They don't go wrecking your precious Amiga to change/replace HD's or floppy drives.
All I made was a decent system/HD locker for the Amiga community because the AmigaOS lacks a built in one, like PC's have. Compared to other simular (Amiga) lockers, this is the best available:
* Disables the CLI-window in the Boot-Menu (so, no access from there).
* Nice GUI interface & fonts.
* Built-in screenblanker.
* Sound samples.
* Installer.
If you think you can make a better one, then go ahead. I'm very curious.
