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- The original three programs (MDSECRET.COM, CDSECRET.COM, and RDSECRET.COM)
- provided the capability to create "secret" (e.g., not easily viewable
- or accessible) directories.
-
- I have NO idea where they came from: they've been sitting at SIMTEL20
- for years.
-
- The only thing that made them "inaccessible" or secret was the untypeable
- (and normally undisplayable) first character of their names.
-
- I've disassembled the original files, commented the disassembly,
- and tweaked them. (The original code was crude, excessively padded,
- and the executables had been padded to 512 bytes somewhere along the way.
-
- The new code is tighter .. but that's all I can say about it.
-
- The security you gain here is just about nil. Anyone with a decent
- "point and shoot" directory shell or utility will be able to see
- the "secret" directories. Selecting them from a list will bypass
- the "untypeable" nature of their names.
-
- For this reason I haven't bothered adding command line capability
- (instead of the stupid directory name prompt) or any other "features."
-
- The code (and programs) should be preserved for historical purposes,
- I assume.
-
- Regards,
- David Kirschbaum
- Toad Hall
- kirsch@usasoc.soc.mil