Re: Encrypting .m, .ma files
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- Subject: [mg3594] Re: Encrypting .m, .ma files
- From: hohmuth at cipserv1.physik.uni-ulm.de (Lars Hohmuth)
- Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 03:27:50 -0500
- Organization: Uni Ulm
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In article <4itodc$v8 at dragonfly.wolfram.com> Mark Van de Vyver <mvyver at ecel.uwa.edu.au> writes: >From: Mark Van de Vyver <mvyver at ecel.uwa.edu.au> To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net >Subject: Encrypting .m, .ma files >Date: 22 Mar 1996 08:29:32 GMT >Hi MathGroup, >I would like to know if anyone has, or has seen, an encrypted mma pakage or >notebook. So, for example, the notebook / package can't be used until a >password is entered. >If so, could you provide, or point me to, an example? >Thanks in advance. >Mark > Mark Van de Vyver >_____________________________________________________________________________ > Mark Van de Vyver > Department of Accounting and Finance Phone: (61) (09) 380-2510 > University of Western Australia Fax: (61) (09) 380-1047 > Nedlands 6907 e-mail: mvyver at ecel.uwa.edu.au > Perth >_____________________________________________________________________________ As MMa files and packages are just plain text files, you can encrypt them with any plain text encryption program, lets say DES/IDEA. If you happen to use mma on a Mac, a good way would be e.g. CryptDisk, which builds an IDEA encrypted partition on you hard disk or Norton Utilities, or a copression package like StuffIt. Hope this helps, Lars ==== [MESSAGE SEPARATOR] ====