password protect 2nd hdd?

[chinhiphone]

so currently i only have a normal login pw to "protect" my mac, this can be easily bypassed.

i been reading and some say to turn on file vault, but file vault secures the home folder of my mac.

i dont have anything on my main hdd of my mac.. i have a caddy hdd which i store everything that is not applications.

the 2nd drive is formatted mac journal. is there any way to password protect the 2nd drive?

a firmware password will only prevent a person from booting into the OS

 

[Mal]

Do you have Lion? FileVault 2 in Lion encrypts whole drives, and can encrypt your external as well.

http://www.macworld.com/article/1161415/lion_encrypt_external_drive.html

jW

 

[GuitarG20]

Do you have Lion? FileVault 2 in Lion encrypts whole drives, and can encrypt your external as well.

http://www.macworld.com/article/1161415/lion_encrypt_external_drive.html

jW

this is correct on Lion. If you want to make your mac as secure as possible, consider also enabling a firmware password:

setting up firmware password

 

[chinhiphone]

im currently on snow leopart.. no plans for lion, but maybe mountain lion when its released.

i havent done a firmware password because it can still be bypassed through hardware.

file vault 2 seem slike a good solution, just im on SL

thanks for your help

 

[GuitarG20]

im currently on snow leopart.. no plans for lion, but maybe mountain lion when its released.

i havent done a firmware password because it can still be bypassed through hardware.

file vault 2 seem slike a good solution, just im on SL

thanks for your help

i'm confused... how can the firmware password be bypassed with hardware?

 

[chinhiphone]

sorry i meant hardware hack

http://osxdaily.com/2009/10/19/bypass-mac-firmware-password/

 

[Weaselboy]

sorry i meant hardware hack

http://osxdaily.com/2009/10/19/bypass-mac-firmware-password/

I don't believe this hack works any longer on newer, Thunderbolt equipped (2011) Macs.

 

[Vanarak19]

I personally have a 100GB truecrypt pwd protected file. I just set it to mount at log in, and it prompts for password.

File is on my optibay HD.

 

[chinhiphone]

I don't believe this hack works any longer on newer, Thunderbolt equipped (2011) Macs.

thanks for the infomation.. i currently do not have a thunderbolt mac nor lion

I personally have a 100GB truecrypt pwd protected file. I just set it to mount at log in, and it prompts for password.

File is on my optibay HD.

i am thinking about doing this methond as well. thanks