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- *** ReadMe file for CodeSafe (7.28) - 10 October 2001 ***
-
- UPDATES
-
- 1. Before you upgrade please copy your codes to file. Everything should go
- fine, but if not, you can restore the database manually.
-
- 2. For users of versions before v.6.3, please note that the database
- of your definitions will be reformatted. Therefore, backup, do -1- above,
- and be absolutely sure to enter the correct master key the first time
- you use this new version.
-
- 3. Users of v.5.92 and earlier: please copy your "USERNAME".C$F file from
- C:\ to C:\System\Data\. It may be necessary to set
- "System | Tools | Preferences | Show hidden files" to Off
- .
-
- 7.2
- *Updated for Cliptext v.3.0
- *Fixed bug preventing printing of 255 character long entries
- *Added "Find all"
- *Unlimited number of databases
- *Improved Timeout checking
- *Added configurable Full screen or Windowed (Transparent) operation
- *Configuarble disk for Data storage
- *English, Dutch, French, German, Danish and Italian language resource files
- *Changed "Paste" to "Input", freeing real paste
- *Check for input when System is foreground
-
- 7.1
- *Added "Go to entry no.", configurable "Show entry numbers"
-
- 7.0
- *Rigorously changed menuing. Now much user-friendlier
- *Beeps may be switched on/off, adjustable Time-out time, opens last used
- database
- *Preferences stored in CodeSafe.ini
- *Added Extract
- *Improved program handling
- *Unlimited number of entries
-
- 6.3
- *Easy install using sis-installation.
- *Enlarged the "secret code" field to hold 255 characters (multi-line).
- *Other enhancements to improve speed and user-friendliness.
-
- 6.2
- *Added master key verification. For each "User"-database only those entries
- will be shown that were stored using the current master key.
- *Added automatic copy to clipboard function. The decrypted code can be pasted
- into the underlying document using <Ctrl+V>. When connected to the PC with
- CopyAnywhere (PsiWin 2.3) active, the secret code is available for immediate
- pasting on the PC. This enables insertion of your password into input boxes
- e.g. for access to internet sites. The clipboard is cleared when CodeSafe is
- closed.
- *Closing CodeSafe returns the previous application (instead of System) to
- foreground. As this was the main difference between the program and macro
- versions of previous CodeSafe releases, version 6.2 is now provided as
- program only. Macro users can of course install CodeSafe as a program in
- Macro5 and run it using a hotkey.
-
- 5.93
- *Added timeout function. For safety reasons you need to re-enter the master
- key when stepping to the next code after pausing for more than 60 secs.
- *The database is now stored in C:\System\Data\. See above for transferring of
- your existing datafile.
-
- 5.92
- *Added search facility
-
-
-
-
- DESCRIPTION
-
- CodeSafe is an OPL program to store and retrieve secret codes and passwords.
-
-
- MOTIVATION
-
- The ever-increasing number of codes and passwords that one has to have at
- hand in order to get around a little comfortably in this high-tech society,
- is putting a big drain on many a brain. Especially Psion users, pampered by
- the brain-extending abilities that their Psions offer, possess merely
- rudimentary skills necessary to memorise this kind of trivia (at least that
- holds for me). That is why I decided to write this utility. The idea behind
- CodeSafe is to be able to temporarily decrypt the encrypted codes from a
- database, using only a single master key. I hope it will prove as
- indispensable for you as it does for me.
-
-
- EXPLANATION OF CODESAFE'S FUNCTIONING
-
- After starting the program CodeSafe asks for a username and master key.
- The characters of the master key are converted to their numeric values and
- the numbers of this array are added to the numeric values of the subsequent
- code or password to be stored. The numbers that result from these
- calculations are then converted back to characters and stored in the
- database. Upon retrieval of a code from the database, the calculations are
- reversed, resulting in a text string. All combinations of letters, numbers
- and other characters may be used for the master key, and the master key
- may be from one to sixteen characters long. Finally, the Achilles heel of
- many password protected computer data is the storage of the (master) key
- in some way in the program or data files. CodeSafe does not allow that the
- master key itself be stored. The same CodeSafe program can even be used
- by different users. As long as each uses a unique master key, he/she has
- access only to his/her own data.
-
-
- INSTALLATION
-
- Before you install the new version backup your codes by running "Write to
- file" from the old version of CodeSafe.
-
- Run CodeSafe.sis from the PC running PsiWin and your EPOC machine connected
- -or-
- run CodeSafe.sis from your EPOC machine.
-
- While running for the first time, CodeSafe will create the database file
- ("USERNAME".C$F) on the internal drive. If you've set EPOC's System to hide
- your hidden files, the *.C$F file will not show up in the System screen.
-
-
- DISCLAIMER
-
- I've tested CodeSafe on my English Psion S5 and 5mx, where it performed
- perfectly. However, needless to say, I don't give guarantees and you cannot
- hold me responsible in case anything goes wrong.
-
- BE CAREFUL, if you forget your master key, there is no way I can help
- to resolve your encrypted information.
-
- CodeSafe is freeware. You are free to use and copy the program.
-
-
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
-
- Thanks to EMCC for Cliptext.opx and to Eric de Bruijn for his thorough
- testing of version 7.
-
-
- NOTES
-
- This is an OPL16 macro version of CodeSafe for MacSys on the S3a/c
- Psions. Previous Psion S5 versions were running as macros under
- SwitchTask/Macro5 and Backlite+Plus.
-
- If you like CodeSafe, please give me feedback. I'm interested in positive
- criticism, comments, and ideas. I'll keep on modifying and improving
- CodeSafe as I've done in the past. Please visit my website to download the
- latest version and subscribe to the ExAbEtAl mailing list for announcement
- of updates of CodeSafe and my other programs.
-
-
- Enjoy CodeSafe
-
- Huub Linthorst
- huub.linthorst@bigfoot.com
- http://website.leidenuniv.nl/~linthorsthjm/
-