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In <3302@carroll1.cc.edu> sandberg@carroll1.cc.edu (Brian R. Sandberg) writes:
>I am writing an application in MS-BASIC V7.1 which uses random access data
>files.  Here's the problem:  these files contain confidential information.
>Is there a way to keep people from reading (accessing) these files?

Someone else mentioned encrypting the data before saving it out to
disk.  This is a pretty good idea.  Another thing that you might want
to do that is fairly easy is to put at the beginning of the file ascii
text like the following: Only Authorized Personnel may access this
data file.^Z the ^Z would be a ctrl-Z.  You could write a similar
string in the header of your file in binary.  This way if someone
tried to simply TYPE out the file then all they get is your message.
DOS will see the ^Z and stop. You might want to throw in a few or a
LOT of ^G's depending on what your size constraints are and how
annoying you want to be.

Bryan.

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