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In article <valley.659573137@gsbsun> valley@uchicago (Doug Dougherty) writes:

   I think the point is that any technique that was entered online here
   would immediately become useless.

   The techniques mentioned (hidden bit, funny chars) will fool most
   bosses, because most bosses are pretty dumb.

Not only that, but with programs like
4Dos becoming increasingly popular, you
really dont restrict access if you have 
the funny chars in the middle or end.
4Dos's command completion handles them
fine. I've been using these methods for
a while. I had to move all the funny chars
to the beginning of the file name, and even
then its not 100% effective....Now, setting
the hidden attribute is better...