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- Acodes v1.2 : ShareWare
- January 1992 -- By: Gary McNickle
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- Acodes is the unregistered version of Acode. THE file encryption
- software. I have tested Acode on litterally dozens of files. Ranging
- from .EXE and .COM files to .SYS and all ASCII files. I have yet to see
- Acode wrongly alter a file. EVERY .exe etc.. file I have Acoded, has run
- after the Decoding!.... As you can see, this could be quite a step in
- System security. Acode also works on .ARJ, .LZH, .ZIP, .GIF, you name
- it, it can be safely encoded and decoded.
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- Acodes is completely command line operated. The commands are few,
- simple and easy to learn. They consist of three paramaters; 1: [E] or
- [D], to inform Acode to either Encode or Decode the file. 2: The File
- Name to work on. and 3, a password of your choice. Failing to remember
- the password will cause you to lose the file if it's not backed up!
- WRITE YOUR PASSWORDS DOWN!!! The Password MUST be no more than 10
- characters. You can use any characters that your machine can handle.
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- Here are a few command line examples: using the file name, test.txt:
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- Legal: Acodes E test.txt
- Acodes e test.txt myfiles
- | | | |
- | | | \- Your password. [Case Sensitive]
- | | \- The File Name. [Must include extension]
- | \- The Command to ENCODE.
- \- Acodes name of course!
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- Acodes D test.txt will DECODE the file....
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- Illegal: Acodes E test
- \- Need file extension, ie, .txt.
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- Acodes d
- \- No File Name!
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- Acodes D test.exe
- \- Only in registered version!
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- Any files with extensions of: .EXE, .ARJ, .ZIP, .LZH or .GIF, CANNOT be Acoded
- with the unregistered version! To enbale this option, you MUST register!
- Also, you may not use Acodes on: C .LIB, Pascal .TPU or any Borland .OBJ
- or .CHR files
- Programmers!!!
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- I have written a Turbo Pascal 6.0 Toolbox for Acode. With the ACODETPU.TPU
- file, you can incorporate the encryption and decryption techniques used by
- Acode/Acodes directly into your programs. If you are a software authur that
- uses any kind of a 'key' disk, this is just what you need! Acode has been
- on the market for quite some time now, and not a single bug has been reported
- with this, or the previous version. Also, I have made several 'challenges'
- to various 'well known' 'hackers' via FidoNet, and none of them have 'yet'
- (fingers crossed :∙) ) 'cracked' an Acoded file. Needless to say, this goes a
- LONG way to ensuring the data integrity and security of your programs, no
- more hacked key codes!!! (at least not for a while!)
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- Acode uses 3 [yes, three] different seed codes, and these codes are not
- hard-coded into the software, they are derived from various 'file dependant'
- sources, so it really is almost impossible to 'hack' it. Anyways, the
- ACODETPU.TPU file, is not crippled in anyway... Unlike Acodes, with the
- tpu, you are allowed to encrypt/decrypt ANY file structure safely. As well
- as use the password options from your program. A good example of this, is
- what I am currently doing with the ALSP, reading in an Acoded 'members list'
- that contains member names, and id#'s and using Acode to de crypt member
- only files downloaded from ALSP sites...
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- IF you are a currently registerd Acode user, then the registration for
- the acodetpu.tpu file is only $30.00, otherwise, the 'regular' registration
- fee is $45.00. Now, that's not too awful bad is it??? :) Yes, the price has
- gone up just a bit, the reasons for this are few, but I have spent hours
- optimizing the code. It now runs noticably faster, and is smaller, with a
- smaller amount of RAM used.
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- C Programmers, There is a C version of the ACODETPU file being currently
- written. It should be done within a week of this writing actually! SO, no,
- I have not forgotten you!
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- To register Acodes, send $15.00 to:
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- Gary McNickle
- P.O. Box # 37
- Augusta, MI- 49012
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- Thank you for taking the time to read through this boring document!
- If you discover any bugs, please let me know at the above address. Any
- one reporting a legitimate bug will recieve a fixed, registered version.
- Thanx.
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- I do not make any promises with this software other than that I will
- support it. I am not liable for damages above 1 cent! Any misuse of this
- program MAY (probably wont, but might!) result in damaged, unrecoverable
- files. This is YOUR risk. I have FULLY tested this program and have not
- had ANY problems with it on my machine, [ Tandy 3000 NL ] but I do NOT
- guarantee the same for you. If you use this program, it's your risk.
- Acodes DOES alter the byte structure of files it is run on. Forgetting
- your password and forever losing the file, does not constitute an error
- on my part, and NO, if you forget your password, there is no way I can
- determine it. I urge you to keep backups of important files. That is
- the only way to ENSURE against data loss....
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