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From: Fred Cisin <cisin_at_xenosoft.com>
Date: Mon Sep 27 14:13:55 1999

> > If it is properly designed and installed, it will NOT be removable
> > until after the lock is unlocked. Why have a lock that can simply be
> > removed instead of using the key?
> > But, then again, wasn't this about an IBM product?
> DEC and DG just used the locks to eliminate non-operator use of
> the control panel, not to eliminate non-authorized access to
> the hardware. IBM locked the boxes to eliminate service types as
> well as non-operator use of the controls.

If you don't eliminate non-authorized access to the hardware, then how
could you eliminate non-operator use of the control panel? A
non-operator could merely bypass the lock, or replace it with their own.
Or is it merely intended to be a polite request and reminder?


ANY properly designed and installed lock must be unlocked before it can be
removed.
Received on Mon Sep 27 1999 - 14:13:55 BST