invisible files on Windows

miscdas at boxfrog.com miscdas at boxfrog.com
Fri Jan 10 15:08:01 EST 2003


[snip]
Richard Gaskin writes:
> Any other tips for preventing the copying of QT media from a CD?  It doesn't have to be capable of stopping an experienced hacker type, just enough to make it at least inconvenient or unobvious for the average user.
>  
>  Richard Gaskin 

If your app can launch the file based on referencing the complete name, then 
use some non-obvious naming convention. 

For example,
x0000xx1.rgf
x0000x24.rgf 

The average user will search the CD for QT files, not RGF files. 

miscdas



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