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Revised October 8, 2004

FileVault (New Security Feature for Panther)

The Security tab in the Accounts section of System Preferences in Panther is new! The

accounts system in OS X was designed to keep people out of each other’s stuff. However, there

were all kinds of ways for hackers to circumvent this protection system (e.g., start up the Mac in

Firewire disk mode using a different copy of Mac OS X; start up your Mac in Mac OS 9, which

knows nothing about Mac OS X permissions structure, etc.) FileVault is an extra line of defense

against security breaches. When you turn on this feature, your Mac automatically encrypts

everything in your Home folder. This means unless someone knows (or can figure out) your

password, FileVault renders your files as unreadable for anyone but you and your computer’s

administrator – no matter what sneaky tricks they attempt to pull.

To Turn on FileVault:

1. Go to System Preferences > Accounts and click on the Security tab. (Note: You can

also access the same controls by simply clicking on the Security panel of System

Preferences.

Figure 24: FileVault Security

2. Click Set Master Password. (If you’re the first person to turn on FileVault, you’ll need to

create the Master password.) This should be done by the computer’s administrator.

This master password is an override password that gives an administrator full power to

access any account (even without knowing the account holder’s password) or turn off

FileVault for any account.

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