Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2005 12:25:09 -0700 (PDT) From: Philip Hallstrom <freebsd@philip.pjkh.com> To: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> Cc: Joe S <js.lists@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hidden spot on hard drives? Message-ID: <20051005122331.M24914@wolf.pjkh.com> In-Reply-To: <20051005185728.GA37054@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> References: <20051005184437.GA36369@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <43442196.3010208@gmail.com> <20051005185728.GA37054@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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> On Wed, Oct 05, 2005 at 11:55:18AM -0700, Joe S wrote: > : Jonathon McKitrick wrote: > : >the company where I work (with Windows) is evaluating a copy protection > : >product that stores info somewhere on the HDD where the user cannot touch > : >it, > : >a format will not erase it, and Norton Ghost will not find it. > : > > : >1. Any idea where this info could be stored? > : >2. Any way the same thing could be done under FreeBSD? > : > > : >Thanks, > : > > : >jm > : > : # dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/zero > : > : Will overwrite the entire drive. > > Thanks. What I was wondering is if there is a way to do the same copy > protection in FreeBSD, where I could store the data in the same place on the > drive where the user cannot access it. Normal, average users yes. But as the above stated... dd will let me (as root) get to any part of the disk I want. If you're users don't have root access, then just make it a normal file owned by root, chmod 400. I seem to remember some software put it's license key in the boot sector (this was way back when and I might be not remembering correctly). But even that can be read using dd... not sure how I'd do it with windows, but I'm sure it's possible.
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