How do you convert binary back to ascii?
How do you decompress something that is compressed?
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On Tue, 5 Sep 2000 11:31:11
ryanc wrote:
>With REBOL you wont be too successful hiding this from a REBOL
>programmer, because of course a properly placed probe would easily
>reveal it no matter how much encryption you threw at it.
>
>So basically all you can do is keep it from being non-programmer
>readable in a file. The easiest way to this is with to-binary:
>
>>> password: "password"
>== "password"
>>> to-binary password
>== #{70617373776F7264}
>
>This is a little too obvious to me though, maybe compress:
>
>>> compress password
>== #{789C2B482C2E2ECF2F4A01000F91037408000000}
>
>Or lastly if your space conscious:
>
>>> forall password [change password to-char xor 85 first password]
>== false
>>> head password
>== {%4&&":'1}
>
>--Ryan
>
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> howdy list,
>>
>> There have been several posts on encryption lately. I'd
>> like to be able to encrypt a local password file to call on
>> when constructing ftp urls. I don't want to hard-code them
>> into scripts, and I'm already tired of
>>
>> ;pass: ask/hide "password? "
>>
>> I also don't like to have my passwords floating around my drive
>> in plain text.
>>
>> How do you guys handle this?
>>
>> thanks
>> --
>>
>> Eat more spinach.
>> -tom
>
>--
>
>* Ryan Cole *
>Programmer Analyst
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>707-468-5400
>
>;Fortuneately escape will cancel this endless loop...
>Forever [ buy microsoft version: version + 1 ]
>
>
>
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