On Windows you can configure "Secure Login" so that you have to press Control + Alt + Delect to show the login screen like so:
Does this feature exist on OS X or is there a third-party application that can achive this?
5
-
Umm... but why?– user14492Commented Sep 15, 2015 at 19:36
-
Same reason why you would do this on Windows. Prevent a fake login screen from being shown that grabs your credentials.– ecnepsnaiCommented Sep 15, 2015 at 19:39
-
I don't think that can happen in Mac, also I only see these on public computers.– user14492Commented Sep 15, 2015 at 19:42
-
It's a setting controlled in group policy and is enabled when you join a Windows computer into a AD domain.– ecnepsnaiCommented Sep 15, 2015 at 19:43
-
@ecnepsnai, CAD can be enable on a stand-alone PC running Windows and doesn't have to be connected to anything for that matter.– user3439894Commented Sep 15, 2015 at 21:23
Add a comment
|
1 Answer
Short answer: No. This feature does not exist on Macs.
On a side note, it's also useless in Windows too.
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, CTRL+ALT+DEL sent a hardware interrupt to the PC's BIOS (which would immediately reboot the computer in the DOS days).
That interrupt also had the happy side-effect of breaking things like keyloggers and programs designed to steal your password, so when Windows NT arrived on the scene, Microsoft trapped that interrupt to prove that you were a real, live human sitting in front of a keyboard.
That has not been the case for many, many years. I have no idea why we're still dragging this stupid three-finger salute around after all these years (tradition maybe?) It offers no meaningful security these days and I personally disable it with Group Policy on every domain I administer.
