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Article #10154

SECURING a directory and its contents

#10154
From: Darryl Rowe
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 15:25
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Quoting Ijaz Rashid Malik (ummalik@ccu.umanitoba.ca)

IRM>I am working on a database application and I am really concerened
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IRM>PC's are not networked so imposing a centeral control can't be done.
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IRM>app itself. But the MS-DOS itself is a major threat. I dont want the user t
IRM>see the app files and access its directory once she quits the database app.

In the DOS world I think you're out of luck.  Especially if this office
has any McGyver-types running around loose.  BTW, how do you intend to
do backups?  Still, you could load them into encrypted ZIP files or buy
a public-key security program, maybe.
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 . SLMR 2.0 . Why is there never any traffic in the LURKERS conference?
                         
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From: darryl.rowe@tfd.gwinnett.com (Darryl Rowe) 
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: SECURING a directory and its contents
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Date: 27 Dec 92 15:25:00 GMT
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Organization: The Fifth Dimension - Louisville, KY - 502-423-8654
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