******************************************* * PROTCO v1.1 (C)1992-93 by LaSi Software * ******************************************* Programming & Design by Heimo Laukkanen Icon & Documentation by Janne Siren NOTICE ------ This program is the copyrighted material of LaSi Software, but hereby you are given a permission to copy and spread this program as long as no profit is realized from it and all files including this documenta- tion are distributed together unmodified. All risks and damages - incidental or otherwise - arising through the use or misuse of this program are _entirely_ at the responsivility of the user. UPDATES ------- v1.10 07/02/1993 - New Methods and Bug-fixes: Methods G and I didn't work. v1.00 02/01/1993 - First official release. PREFACE ------- As you already might have noticed - this program has been written total- ly by Heimo Laukkanen and I'm only writing this documentation because he hasn't got time for such things. Another thing that you might have noti- ced is that this package has been copyrighted by LaSi Software. I'm sure you have never heard about it, because this is our first program. Stran- ge name LaSi cames simply from our last names Siren and Laukkanen, there were no political or financial reasons to found this team, it's just the name of our two man group, nothing more. PHILOSOPHIES ------------ I personally think that basically the human race is good - but there are plenty of bad people out there just waiting for a chance to use your va- luable text files for their immoral purposes. :-) There can also be some texts that you wouldn't like even your closest friend to read. You have the answer for your problems here, Protco is a simple utility especially written for crypting text files with several different methods - you can also use combinations of these methods for maximum security. USING PROTCO ------------ Using Protco is rather simple, just enter the name of file to be crypted to the text gadget or if you have KS2 just press the USE ASL and reques- ter should appear. Then select the most convenient method to crypt your precious file with the CHANGE METHOD gadget and then press CODE FILE. Uncrypting files is just as simple as crypting, just select the file and crypt it again with the same method and it's uncrypted. If you have used combinations, just select all the methods backwards. The methods can also be selected from a pull-down menu and with keyboard shortcuts, currently there are ten available methods for crypting. TECH NOTES ---------- o Some crypting methods only work with files longer than 8 bytes, remem- ber always to check that the file really was crypted. COMMENTS -------- I hope you enjoy the program, and if you have anything you would like to say about this program, comments are welcomed - any form criticisms, bug reports, suggestions, or just to say hello, send them to: SNAIL MAIL: Heimo Laukkanen Janne Siren KKK 28 M 167 Oravamaentie 2 F 17 00930 Helsinki 93 02700 Kauniainen Finland Finland VOICE PHONE: +358-0-335-217 (Heimo Laukkanen) DATA PHONE: Epsilon Indi BBS Phone: +358-0-505-4201 Modem: v32bis v42bis MNP 2-5 INTERNET: jts@krk.fi (Janne Siren)