[comp.sys.ibm.pc] Need Protection for Data Files

cahn@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu (Pam Cahn) (01/16/89)

   I need some input on *inexpensive* ways to provide security protection
for data files.  I'm volunteering for a non-profit agency that has very
sensitive data files they want to restrict access to, but alas, they have
little/no money for hardware or elaborate software options. 
   Specifically they need to allow users access to particular files,
different access for different users.  Is a file encryption method a good
path to follow?  And what inexpensive or PD software can do this?  Are there
ways to control file access with DOS, Norton's, or other common utility?
   
   Go ahead and post to the net. I read this group.
               Thanks in advance,
  
                    Pam Cahn

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swh@hpsmtc1.HP.COM (Steve Harrold) (01/17/89)

Re: cheap file protection

Try keeping the files on floppies and signing out the floppies to
authorized users.  

If you're going to do it on the cheap with "very sensitive" files,
do not rely on software.