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From: paulg@iisat.UUCP (Paul Gauthier)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Protecting directories from peeping eyes (how???)
Summary: ARC + scramble
Message-ID: <197@iisat.UUCP>
Date: 9 Dec 88 13:09:37 GMT
References: <46@VAX1.CC.UAKRON.EDU> <838@novavax.UUCP> <48@VAX1.CC.UAKRON.EDU> <3513@nicmad.UUCP>
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In article <3513@nicmad.UUCP>, brown@nicmad.UUCP (Vidiot (Vid-e-it)) writes:
> In article <48@VAX1.CC.UAKRON.EDU> greggt@VAX1.CC.UAKRON.EDU (Gregg Thompson) writes:
> <
> <Hiding a directory doesn't solve the problem.  Norton utility ncd will still
> <see the directory even if it is hidden.  I need something that will keep people
> <from finding the directory even with norton and hiding the directory doesn't
> <do it.  Sorry guys.
> 

	Well, there is a rather round-a-bout way to do it. Use ARC (PK or
whatever, most can do this) to ARC up the files into an ARChive and use the
file encryption method. Then just have your batch file un-arc it with
the password before you use it, into a temp dir. When you're done just
delete the temp dir (in the batch file).
	No one will be able to use a disk-sector searcher to find the files
cause they're encoded in the ARChive. If you name the arc into something
that wouldn't raise suspicions and place it somewhere obscure in the dir
tree no one will even know the arc is there. As an added bonus, the arc'd
file takes up much less space on your HD... :-)

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