Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!snorkelwacker!usc!cs.utexas.edu!rutgers!netnews.upenn.edu!vax1.cc.lehigh.edu!sei.cmu.edu!krvw From: WHMurray@DOCKMASTER.ARPA Newsgroups: comp.virus Subject: Ascii 255 Message-ID: <0010.9001021304.AA00688@ge.sei.cmu.edu> Date: 21 Dec 89 20:21:00 GMT Sender: Virus Discussion List Lines: 11 Approved: krvw@sei.cmu.edu I like the idea of using a non-displayable character to conceal the presence of a directory. I also like the idea of using it on the end of a file name in order to make it hard to establish addressability to the file. I like it now almost as much as I did when I first read the idea in the readers' contributions to PC Magazine. William Hugh Murray, Fellow, Information System Security, Ernst & Young 2000 National City Center Cleveland, Ohio 44114 21 Locust Avenue, Suite 2D, New Canaan, Connecticut 06840