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From: fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
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Subject: Re: Binary script files?
Date: 14 Feb 1997 09:52:51 -0500
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In article <5e1no6$1rb@i386.jordan.org>,
Mark J. Jordan <mjordan@mail.com> wrote:
: I have experienced other comm programs in the past, most notably
: Procomm Plus, that will allow script files to be translated into a
: binary file. This presented two, if not other, benefits: security of
: the script code and faster execution.
:
Faster execution -- marginally, perhaps. Some day when we have nothing
else to do, we might devote some time to producing a "compiler" for
Kermit scripts -- but there are about 1000 other priorities that are
higher, as you see by reading this newsgroup each day :-)
Security -- this type of security is only illusory: "security through
obscurity". Anybody with the time and inclination to defeat it can do
so easily.
: I am interested to know if binary scripts are/will be a possibility
: for Kermit... I am curious mostly for the former capability of hiding
: the code.
:
Which Kermit are you referring to? In many OS's, e.g. UNIX, it is a
rather simple matter to encrypt your script, and then invoke it from a
shell script that prompts you for the key and then feeds it to Kermit.
I assume you are concerned about keeping passwords online -- always a
risky business. "Using C-Kermit" discusses this topic at some length.
- Frank