LAN station personal computer system with controlled data access for normal and unauthorized users and method
US5287519A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 17, 1992 |
| Grant date | Feb 15, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 17, 2012 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F21/79
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and medialess personal computer system workstation (or LAN station as herein defined) adaptable for securing the system against attack on a secured network with which the LAN station is associated. A flag bit is set in system memory during a power on self test to indicate whether access may be had to certain security features of the system, and a procedure is described by which access to a network stored configuration setting program may be gained in order to install, change or remove a password used for securing the LAN station while avoiding passing the critical password data through the network.
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