FSecure (PaceSoft)

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== Software ==
 
== Software ==
* {{CdTextfiles|megmonster/LAN/FILETST1.ZIP|FileTest v1.00}} (1992-09) - The FILETEST.EXE file itself is an example of a secured file.
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* {{CdTextfiles|megmonster/LAN/FILETST1.ZIP|FileTest v1.00}} (1992-09)
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* {{CdTextfiles|megmonster/VIRUS/FTST102.ZIP|FileTest v1.02}}
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* FileTest v1.03: [https://archive.org/details/cd-ascq DP TOOL CLUB CD ASCQ] → CD_ASCQ_14_0694.iso → VRAC/FTST103.ZIP
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* {{CdTextfiles|cream04/utility/sdntst10.zip|SDNSeal Test v1.03}} (a.k.a. SDNTest -- a special version of FileTest)
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== Sample files ==
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* {{CdTextfiles|megmonster/LAN/FILETST1.ZIP|FILETST1.ZIP}} → FILETEST.EXE
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* See [[SDN (SDN Project)#Sample files]], ARJ format.
  
 
== Links ==
 
== Links ==
 
* [http://www.textfiles.com/fidonet-on-the-internet/939495/fido1004.txt fido1004.txt] → "SDN Changing Compression and Security" - Some announcements about using FSecure and FileTest with [[SDN (SDN Project)|SDN]]/[[ARJ]] files.
 
* [http://www.textfiles.com/fidonet-on-the-internet/939495/fido1004.txt fido1004.txt] → "SDN Changing Compression and Security" - Some announcements about using FSecure and FileTest with [[SDN (SDN Project)|SDN]]/[[ARJ]] files.

Latest revision as of 20:21, 13 March 2023

File Format
Name FSecure (PaceSoft)
Ontology
Released ≤1992

FSecure is a digital signature and tamper protection system developed by PaceSoft.

It is presumably unrelated to F-Secure corporation, which didn't use that name until 1999.

Signatures can be validated using a DOS utility named FileTest.

See also SDN (SDN Project).

Contents

[edit] Format details

Little is known about the format, but it appears to work by appending some (256?) bytes to the end of the file.

[edit] Software

[edit] Sample files

[edit] Links

  • fido1004.txt → "SDN Changing Compression and Security" - Some announcements about using FSecure and FileTest with SDN/ARJ files.
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