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From: gford@nunki.usc.edu (Gregory Ford)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Mac data encryption
Keywords: password, encryption
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Date: 12 Jun 89 00:39:14 GMT
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Reply-To: gford@nunki.usc.edu (Gregory Ford)
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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I am interested in hearing from people out there who have had experience
in dealing with data encryption software...ie, software to password 
protect files on my HD.

The caliber of people I am dealing with makes it useless to make the files
invisible or to use shareware such as lockout (which can be overridden
by inserting a floppy)...I have heard of MacSafe (commerical) and am 
wondering about it's ease of use and reliability.  Also, what happens
to your encrypted software if for some reason you forget your password?
Is it permanently encrypted?  Is there no hope for it?  

Also, if anyone else has heard of any shareware programs that do this,
that would be my first choice, but I have not be able to locate anything
shareware that does data encryption.  Are there other commericial packages?

Thanks for the advice...

P.S. I will be using a Mac II so it needs to be compatible.



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* Greg Ford								      *
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