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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 1994
Filed:
Sep. 17, 1992
Richard A Dayan, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Kimthanh D Le, Boynton Beach, FL (US);
Matthew T Mittelstedt, Lantana, FL (US);
Palmer E Newman, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Dave L Randall, Pompano Beach, FL (US);
Lisa A Ruotolo, Lake Worth, FL (US);
JoAnna B Yoder, Delray Beach, FL (US);
International Business Machines Corp., Armonk, NY (US);
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.