a USER ON THE cODEX bbs IN aTLANTA, [(404) 473-6173... ASK FOR "sPIKE"] WHERE i'M THE geos SUB-OP ASKED FOR A WAY TO PASSWORD PROTECT ONLY CERTAIN FILES ON CERTAIN DISKS. (aS OPPOSED TO HAVING A PASSWORD TO UNLOCK THE ENTIRE SYSTEM ON BOOT-UP.) sO... HERE'S GEOcRYPT!
GEOcRYPT WILL ENCODE YOUR application_data FILES, IN PLACE, ON DISK. tHIS MEANS THAT THE ORIGINAL DATA IS COMPLETELY overwritten ON THE DISK, AND REPLACED WITH ENCODED DATA. uSE THIS UTILITY WITH CARE! GEOcRYPT WILL ALSO ADD 1 BLOCK TO EACH FILE THAT YOU ENCODE, WITH SOME BASIC FILE INFORMATION. tHIS EXTRA BLOCK WILL BE REMOVED WHEN THE FILE IS AGAIN DECODED.
GEOcRYPT IS VEY EASY TO USE. fIRST, YOU ARE PRESENTED WITH A MULTIPLE FILE SELECTION BOX. (tHANK YOU, wILLIAM cOLEMAN!) yOU MAY SELECT ANY OR ALL OF THE (UP TO) 144 FILES THAT APPEAR IN THE LIST. wHEN YOU SELECT "open", GEOcRYPT WILL ASK YOU FOR THE CODE KEY TO USE. tHIS KEY IS ALPHABETICS, NUMERICS OR PUNCTUATION OF YOUR CHOOSING, UP TO 16 CHARACTERS. GEOcRYPT WILL ACTUALLY USE THIS AS THE CODE KEY FOR YOUR DATA FILE, AND OTHER KEYS WON'T BE ABLE TO DECODE FILES YOU'VE ENCODED USING THIS KEY. upper AND LOWER CASE ARE BOTH SIGNIFIGANT, SO REMEMBER WHAT YOU CAPITALIZE!
GEOcRYPT WILL THEN CYCLE THROUGH ALL OF THE FILES THAT YOU HAVE SELECTED. iF A FILE IS NOT ALREADY CODED, GEOcRYPT WILL CONVERT IT TO CODED FORM USING YOUR KEY, AND ADDING A GEOcRYPT id BLOCK TO THE FILE. iF A FILE WAS ALREADY ENCODED, GEOcRYPT WILL ATTEMPT TO DE-CODE IT USING THE KEY THAT YOU'VE SUPPLIED. iF THE KEY IS not THE PROPER KEY TO DECODE THIS FILE, YOU WILL SEE A DIALOG BOX DECLARING, "***aCCESS dENIED! ***". GEOcRYPT WILL CEASE ALL SUBSEQUENT FILE DECODING, AND RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL SELECTION BOX.
nOTICE THAT YOU MAY MIX-AND-MATCH ENCODED AND NON-CODED FILES IN YOUR SELECTION. GEOcRYPT WILL DETERMINE EACH FILE'S STATUS INDIVIDUALLY, AND ACT ACCORDINGLY ON THAT FILE.
aLTHOUGH ENCODED FILES LOOK MUCH LIKE THE ORIGINAL FILES ON THE DESKtOP, GEOcRYPT DOES CHANGE THE INFORMATION IN THE FILE'S HEADER. oNCE ENCODED, THE FILES ARE NOT RECOGNIZED BY THEIR ORIGINAL APPLICATIONS. GEOwRITE FILES WON'T SHOW IN GEOwRITE'S MENU; GEOpAINT CAN'T OPEN ENCODED GEOpAINT FILES, ETC. iN FACT, IF YOU TRY TO OPEN AN ENCODED FILE BY DOUBLE-CLICKING IT ON THE DESKtOP, THE FILE WILL OPEN GEOcRYPT, WHICH WILL THEN PRESENT YOU WITH THE BOX ASKING FOR THE KEY TO DECODE THAT FILE. yOU WILL BE RETURNED DIRECTLY TO THE DESKtOP AFTERWARD. eNCRYPTED FILES CAN BE COPIED, MOVED AND DELETED IN THE SAME WAYS AS REGULAR FILES. tHEY WILL MAINTAIN THEIR ENCODED STATUS THROUGHOUT.
pLEASE REMEMBER YOUR CODE KEYS. i HAVE no INTENTIONS OF OFFERING TECHNICAL SUPPORT TO USERS WHOSE ONLY PROBLEM WITH THIS PROGRAM IS THAT THEY CANNOT REMEMBER THE KEY WITH WHICH THEY ENCODED THEIR DATA FILES!
i HOPE YOU FIND THIS PROGRAM USEFUL!
@GEOcRYPT
IS BEING OFFERED FOR A
@$2.00 sHAREWARE
FEE. pLEASE BE SURE TO INCLUDE YOUR REVISION OF GEOcRYPT, SO YOU MAY RECEIVE FUTURE UPDATES. aS USUAL, IF YOU HAVE COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, OR JUST WANT TO SEND ME A POSTCARD TO BRAG ABOUT YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM:
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