RE: How to hide a file ?

[H C <keydet89 () yahoo com>]

>  If I remember correctly from the earlier thread on
> this same topic you
> stated that this is only possible on NTFS and that
> if you were to move the
> ADS file to FAT that you would lose the files
> attached or something to that
> effect. 

Yes.  If the file created on NTFS w/ ADSs touches a
non-NTFS file system, the ADSs are not carried over.

> The question I had was this. Would it be
> possible to take a file
> (test.txt) and bind multiple tools in ADS and the
> transfer the file via ftp
> on to another box, also is using NTFS, would the
> programs still accessible
> via the start command. I tested this with a Win2K
> box and NT4.0 and was
> unsuccessful. So were the results accurate?

I have no idea.  Other than in very general terms, you
haven't stated what your testing methodology was.  Did
you first confirm that the ADSs were bound to the file
before the FTP transfer?  If so, how?  What tool did
you use?  Did you do a packet capture on the network
to observe the transfer?  What tool did you use (other
than 'start') to see if the ADSs remained after the
transfer?

Also, what command line did you use w/ 'start'?  We've
seen in this thread alone where a full path is
required on Win2K systems, even if the file and ADS
are in the current directory.

In order to provide in put on your testing, the
methodology needs to be known fully, so that it can be
reproduced.  I'm not trying to sound elitist or
superior, simply trying to get information.

> Is there
> no way to hide programs
> using ADS and transfer the file by normal means and
> still have them exist?

What is 'normal' means?  'Normal' on a Windows network
means file sharing, and it's been shown that this
works.




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