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Secrets
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Have you ever wished you had a simple program that would secretly
store things like PIN numbers and other private bits of information
you can so easily forget?
Well, here it is!
I hope it is so easy to use that it needs very little explanation, but
just in case ...
When you double-click on the Secrets icon, the application loads onto
the icon bar in the normal way. Click on this icon to open the main
window.
The Secrets window has two writeable icons. The first allows for a
description of the item, and the second for the secret data itself.
Buttons below these icons marked <back> and <next> allow you to move
one record at a time backwards and forwards through the items. The
buttons either side move you to the first or last record respectively.
You can save up to 50 records in any given file.
When you enter new data, it is not recorded unless you click on the
<add> button. To delete the record currently displayed, click on
<delete>.
None of this data is saved, of course, until you click on <save data>.
Clicking on this button opens the encoding window in which you enter
your code of up to 8 characters. Press return when you have done so,
and a Check Code window opens. Repeat the code to ensure you have
entered it correctly. If you press <RETURN> this time nothing will
happen. This is to ensure you do not overwrite existing data by
mistake; you must chose to auto save, or to create a new file in some
other location.
Auto save will give your data a standard name, and save it to the
application directory. If you prefer to store it away from the
application, wish to save a backup, or if you have more than one
Secrets file, then click on <enter filename> to save in the standard
manner. A fictitious file is included with the password 'acornusr'.
To recover your data, you must, of course, enter the same code word.
Click on <load data>, enter the code, and if it was auto saved press
<RETURN> and the data will be loaded and displayed. If it was not auto
saved, then enter the code but this time click on <enter filename>.
Now drag the file onto the Load window (or enter the full pathname if
you really must), and the file loads. The code is not saved in any way
with the data. If you enter the wrong code, it will just load
jibberish.
The encryption system is simple, and you cannot corrupt data that has
already been saved. It is saved in coded form, and will only be
decoded as it is loaded. It is nevertheless sufficiently secure to
make it extremely difficult to crack provided you don't use a very
obvious code. Obviously any system is only as good as the code word
used - don't use your partner's name for example, nor your telephone
number!
Secrets is Freeware, copyright Chris Wragg 1998. It may be freely used
and distributed provided due acknowledgement is given and no files are
altered or removed from the application. The author cannot however
take responsibility for any loss of data or damage to other
applications arising from the use of Secrets, however they may occur.
Comments or suggestions for improvement will be welcomed, and can be
sent to the author by email to cwragg@argonet.co.uk.
This software is available from his website at
http://www.argonet.co.uk/users/cwragg