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Article #329Re: alt 255
From: Bob Mathews
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 23:27
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 23:27
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exuptr@exu.ericsson.se (exuptr@exu.ericsson.se) writes: >From a program, you can actually put a space (ASCII 32) in the filename. >This will prevent some hacker from using the alt-255 trick to delete your >file. Of course, if you create a file ' abc.xyz', it can be gotten rid of >with the command 'del *.xyz'. Or with any decent sector editor or directory-maintainence program like Xtree. There's virtually no way of stopping a determined hacker, but tricks like this are good for keeping newbies out of things. I used to use the alt-255 thing to keep people from playing my Rogue games at school... swehtam bob
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!usc!nic.csu.net!koko.csustan.edu!rat!zeus!rmathews Newsgroups: alt.msdos.programmer Subject: Re: alt 255 Message-ID: <1992Aug26.232718.118895@zeus.calpoly.edu> From: rmathews@zeus.calpoly.edu (Bob Mathews) Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 23:27:18 GMT References: <92238.135238MCHAMINA@ESTEC.BITNET> <exuptr.390.714845407@exu.ericsson.se> Organization: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Lines: 14