I´m a little novice at this.. but is this helping as security for CD-ROM (if 
someone copy the CD) and then how? I still dont get it? Anyone?
/Mattias

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>Precisely why I said that it's a good solution for occasions when security
>is not all that essential. I would use this for my next project. Irv wants
>to use it for his current project. If it suits immediate needs, I think it
>is good.
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>And please...no one start a debate now on "security is prime" :-P
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>Thanx to Irv for that idea and to Al for pointing out the flaws. I'll keep
>them in mind.
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>Regards,
>Pranav
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><snip>
> > Someone's got to be really idle to actually take time out to
> > memorize the
> > keystrokes of a font like Wingdings.
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>but that's what hackers do my friend. what you are describing is a REALLY
>insecure way of protecting a password. I do not sggest it. someone could
>pcopy the keystrokes out of the p/w field, paste it into another & write a
>simple translation handler to decode it.
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