1995-12-21 - Re: ex encrypted script
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From: Adam Shostack <adam@homeport.org>
To: andr0id@midwest.net (Jason Rentz)
Message Hash: 763db19e00f495b9705a93dd5ecdcc1ca343b78d215e24338577115512775fc7
Message ID: <199512210039.TAA24305@homeport.org>
Reply To: <199512202339.RAA05220@cdale1.midwest.net>
UTC Datetime: 1995-12-21 00:35:58 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 20 Dec 95 16:35:58 PST
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From: Adam Shostack <adam@homeport.org>
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 95 16:35:58 PST
To: andr0id@midwest.net (Jason Rentz)
Subject: Re: ex encrypted script
In-Reply-To: <199512202339.RAA05220@cdale1.midwest.net>
Message-ID: <199512210039.TAA24305@homeport.org>
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Jason Rentz wrote:
| Forgive me if this is a stupid question.
Hmmm. Will you pay us?
| I'm using AT&T unix Version 5 release 3.2.2 ( UNIX System V/386 Release 3.2)
[...]
| Is there a way to encrypt a script yet still allow it to be runnable? I
| know that the simple answer is to write it in C and compile it but I don't
| have the means of doing that at the moment. (i.e. there is not compiler on
| the system)
|
| I thought of a few simple protections but they all involve decrypting before
| running.
Ever hear of chmod? chown?
Adam
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- 1995-12-20 (Wed, 20 Dec 95 15:18:01 PST) - ex encrypted script - andr0id@midwest.net (Jason Rentz)
- 1995-12-21 (Wed, 20 Dec 95 16:35:58 PST) - Re: ex encrypted script - Adam Shostack <adam@homeport.org>
- 1995-12-24 (Sun, 24 Dec 1995 19:03:42 +0800) - Re: ex encrypted script - Jiri Baum <jirib@sweeney.cs.monash.edu.au>
- 1995-12-26 (Tue, 26 Dec 1995 09:15:39 +0800) - Re: ex encrypted script - Tom Zerucha <root@deimos.toad.com>