[45701] in Cypherpunks
Re: ex encrypted script
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Adam Shostack)
Wed Dec 20 20:45:38 1995
From: Adam Shostack <adam@homeport.org>
To: andr0id@midwest.net (Jason Rentz)
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 1995 19:39:39 -0500 (EST)
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <199512202339.RAA05220@cdale1.midwest.net> from "Jason Rentz" at Dec 20, 95 05:39:08 pm
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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