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- Protector V4.48dv Public Domain software by Jari Kuhanen © 1992
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- Introduction
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- This application is intended to guard private directories from the prying
- eyes of other users.
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- Installation
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- Couldn't be easier.
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- DELETE ALL OTHER COPIES OF PROTECTOR 3 & 4
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- Copy this application to a place of your choice (do not use root directory).
- If you require Protection when you turn your machine on you will have to
- include the application in your boot-up sequence otherwise protection will
- only be available when Protector is loaded.
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- Setting up the appliation
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- After you have installed protector on your disc, it is now time to setup
- the directories you wish to guard.
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- Load the application if you already have not done so.
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- Nothing will happen until you press 'Select A N D Alt Left O R Alt Right'
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- Now you should have a window appear by your mouse pointer like below :-
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- +-------------------------+
- | XXX Master Edit XXX |
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- | Enter Master password : |
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- | +---------------------+ |
- | | | |
- | +---------------------+ |
- +-------------------------+
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- The application is asking you for a 'Master' password which will allow
- access to various settings of security and setting up of the directories
- to guard.
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- Click Select over the blank white space at the bottom of the window and a
- caret appears.
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- Since this is the first time you use this application the password you
- should enter is 'PROTECTOR' then press Return. This password can be changed
- later.
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- That window dissapears and The Master Control window appears as below :-
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- +-------------------------+
- |O|X| Master Control |
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- | XXX Master Edit XXX |
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- |-------------------------|
- | Protection Level |
- | | Section A
- | ¤ Low ¤ Med ¤ High |
- |-------------------------|
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- | Sound Effect |
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- | ⇧ The Hammer ⇩ | Section B
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- |-------------------------|
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- | Master Password |
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- | +-------------------+ |
- | | | | Section C
- | +-------------------+ |
- |-------------------------|
- | |
- | [ Edit Directories ] |
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- | [ Save Dirs ] +----+ | Section D
- | |Kill| |
- | [ Save Setup] +----+ |
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- Section A
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- This is the area where you can set the protection level.
- You do this by clicking in the radio icon of your choice which is Low,
- Medium or High.
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- Protection Levels :
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- The High setting makes protector keep on alert for 'Task Window" starting
- or F12 (access to CLI prompt) or mouse pointer going near task manager.
- These are basic security features to stop access to the guarded directories
- by using *Filer_Open <name> *DIR etc. This may be the option for schools
- to stop access to games directories etc etc. However any advanced user who
- know the archimedes very will can quite easily find other ways around this.
- This will stop the novice user.
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- The Medium just stops the F12 options and access to the guarded directories.
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- The Low setting just gives the protection to the directories but does not
- keep aware for F12 options or task window starting. This may be the option
- for home users who want to deter the outsider/novice user.
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- Section B
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- This section allows you to have one of three sound samples that will take
- effect when a wrong password has been entered to gain access to a directory.
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- The 3 samples are :-
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- 1) The Hammer - "U Can't touch this"
- 2) The Bouncer - "Your names not down your not coming in"
- 3) Rebel MC - Street Tuff sample.
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- Section C
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- In this section you can enter a new master password to gain access to the
- Master Control window (this one). Click select over the white rectangle
- and a caret will appear. Here you can enter your new password which will
- appear on the screen as *'s. After you have entered the password press
- return.
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- If you wish to save the protecion level, sound effect and master password
- for default loading you can click on the 'Save Setup' icon. Otherwise
- these effects will only last until the machine is turned off.
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- The Kill icon 'kills' the application if you do not require any protection
- anymore. This and using the quit option from the menu is the only way to
- kill the application. You can not kill it from task manager.
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- The 'Edit Directories' icon opens a window like below :-
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- |O|X| Directories |X|
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- | |
- | +--+ +-------------------------+ +-----------+ +--+ |
- | |A | | B | | C | |D | |
- ! +--+ +-------------------------+ +-----------+ +--+ !
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- There are 12 slots which allows the details for 12 directories to be guarded
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- The A is the slot number
- B FULL path name of the directory to be protected
- C password for the directory protected
- D opens a menu offering 1 of 4 actions which will be covered
- later on.
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- To guard a directory :-
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- Just DRAG the directory onto the window and the path name will appear in
- the next free slot.
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- You can perform a multiple drag (ie drag several dirs to the window in one
- go) which will fill each slot one by one.
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- If all slots are full, click SELECT over one of the slots in the 'B' box
- so that the caret appears, then drag the directory over and it will replace
- the pathname with the new one you wish to protect. If you drag the directory
- over and ypu have not selected a slot, it will be placed at the top.
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- You then have to enter passwords for the directories you want to protect.
- Click SELECT over the corresponding 'C' box and enter the password at the
- caret. The password can be 10 characters in length.
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- To DELETE an entry simply delete the path name from the slot and press
- return which will wipe the password and flags.
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- You have told 'Protector' what directories you wish to protect and the
- corresponding passwords to use. If you now click SELECT over the 'D' box
- over an occupied slot, it will open a menu offering 4 actions. If these
- are all shaded, it means no directory information has been entered into the
- slot.
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- The four actions mean :
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- Action 1 : This is the default. This will open a security window and request
- a password to gain access to the directory. If the password
- entered is incorrect, it will play the sound sample selected in
- the 'Master Control' window. This will happen every time access
- to this directory is requested by a user double clicking or using
- a shift double click.
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- Action 2 : Performs the same as Action 1 except does not play a sound sample
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- Action 3 : Performs same as Action 1 except remembers if the password has
- been entered correctly and never asks again until the next time
- protector has been reloaded.
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- Action 4 : Perfoms same as Action 3 without sound samples.
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- Please Note:
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- If you are running protector from a floppy disk, you are advised to use
- actions 2 and 4. The actions as mentioned do not play sound samples.
- This advise if for one reason. The samples are loaded on request of the
- application and does not remain in memory, this would not be suitable as
- samples can obtain valuable work space. Therefor you would have to insert
- the disk holding !Protector every time a password was entered incorrectly.
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- Using the sound sample options 1 and 3 are recommended if !Protector runs
- from a harddisc drive or similar (DAT ? :-) ) where it does not have to
- request disk insertion.
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- Now you have setup all the information you will probably want to save the
- information. To do this goto the 'Master Control' window and click on
- the 'Save Directories' icon.
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- Quitting !Protector
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- You can not quit protector from the task manager. Instead you have to quit
- the program from the Master Control window. This is because a user could
- quit the application from the task window resulting in no protection.
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- Other Information
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- !Protector will recreate its own table and config file if they appear
- missing or corrupt.
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- !Protector guards its parent directory.
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- DISCLAIMER
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- I can not be held responsible for data loss/machine trouble and every thing
- else nasty which might be linked with the application !Protector. You use
- this appliation at your own risk.
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- The application is still in development stage and is a project being worked
- on all the time. There probably are bugs here and there but on the whole the
- application runs fairly stable.
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- There are ways around the protection, but only real advanced users will
- know of them. These methods around protection will be covered all in good
- time.
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- Features coming :-
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- - Time entrance levels
- - Choice of own sound samples
- - Detection methods written to intercept filing system vectors so that
- even access via CLI will respond to password entrance.
- - Work on networks (although not neccassary due to level 4)
- - Guard files/appliactions
- - Other bug fixes.
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- This application is PUBLIC DOMAIN.
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- If you want to contact me please address letters to :-
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- Jari Kuhanen
- 4 Stod Fold
- Ogden
- Halifax
- West Yorkshire
- HX2 8XL
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- Or alternatively I log onto :-
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- TWoC BBS : User #118
- Arcade BBS : User #528
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- Under :- Jari Kuhanen
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- Special hello's to :
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- Bob Voisey, Olly Tseliki, Hugo Fiennes, Andy Brierley + All at Arcade for
- a brilliant BBS.
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- __________________________________________________________The Saga continues