GazTheHat

I'm no windows/dos guru.

I have a .bat file scheduled to run daily. This runs ftp, the FTP details are in a .dat file

The bat & dat file details need to be encrypted, or put in an .exe, so the user cannot see what it does and what the ftp login details are.

Anyone know how to do this?

GazTheHat

Been told i can put it all in VBScript.

Anyone have an example i could use?

GazTheHat

Sorted now.

HankScorpio

Just out of interest, what did you do?

In the past, we've put the account details in an ntfs protected file that only the account running the job can see. Not ideal but gets round the main problem.

GazTheHat

For the FTP command, the -s flag was being used. In that file were the ftp commands, including username password.

So now, create the ftp file on the fly, just:

@echo off
echo username > ftpfile
echo password >> ftpfile
ftp -s:ftpfile theserver
del ftpfile

Then ran a batch file compiler on that .bat, to create an unreadable .exe

All details encrypted.

judgejules

Um, hate to burst your bubble mate, but the whole batch file will be in the exe somewhere, usually at the end, which will take two seconds to see if you drop it into notepad. Unless you're using some uber cmd2exe compiler that encrypts the compiled bat file and decrypts it on the fly?

EXE's dont equal encrypted, there is plenty of human readable stuff stored in exe's.

Dont know if you realise this, just fyi.

J

GazTheHat

Was compiled with Quick Batch File Compiler. Editing the .exe just produces heiroglyphics (or however you spell it)

Was also able to select "Ghost Mode" so not even a command window comes up. As stealthy as Sam Fisher.

judgejules

Oh thats a nice little app. Encrypted with password protection to stop decomilation through the app, good find.

J