Script Limits

[Richard Gaskin]

Mark Talluto wrote:

> You bring up a point I did not think of till now.  Saving small
> snippets of data in a script is the only way to save encrypted data in
> a stack.  Data in a custom property can be viewed.  I know there are
> other ways to encrypt data, but this is a nice simple way.

I just did a test with MC 2.5:

I made a stack with one field, and put "This is field data" into it.
Then I added a custom prop and put "This is prop data" into it.
Then I put "--this is script data" into the stack script.

I saved it, then did a Save As, set the password, and saved this copy again.
I quit MC and opened both stack files in TexEdit (any app that lets you open
binries will do).

In the non-password-protected stack, all three text strings are readable.
In the password-protected stack none of them are.

It seems a change was introduced in the engine at some point that now
provides complete protection for all three types of data storage.

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