FSPro, version 1.0.4
Copyright (c) 2000, ZSoftGroup. All Rights Reserved.



This file contains full information about features of FSPro.
Please be patient and read this file completely. 
Novice FSPro users should also read "Getting Started.txt" file.


Contents
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 - Description
 - Install
 - Working with FSPro 
 - About cryptography in FSPro 
 - System Requirements
 - Registration
 - How to buy
 - Activating your registration code
 - Contact information


Description
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Welcome to FSPro !

FSPro is a File System cryptographic PROtector.

FSPro allows you to secure your confidential data.
FSPro performs cryptographic protection for files and directories
in your computer. 

FSPro works in a transparent mode. You don't need to do any special
operations with your files, like running encryption or decryption applications.
FSPro ciphers your confidential information "on-the-fly". 
When your files are writing onto the disk FSPro encrypts data and
when the files are reading from the disk  FSPro decrypts them. 
So your confidential information is always storing on the disk 
at the encrypted state.

Files, stored on the disk in the encrypted state can be read correctly
only if a user run FSPro and entered a secret password. In other 
case user will get absolutely unreadable data. 


Install
=======

To Install FSPro just unzip file fsprow9x.zip into any directory (e.g. C:\TEMP).
You can use WinZip utility for extracting.
Then start fspro_w9x.exe to begin setup.
Follow the installer instructions to setup FSPro.


Working with FSPro 
==================

It is very easy to work with your confidential data: 

1) Run FSPro (Start/Programs/FSPro/File System Protector). 
  FSPro starts in Passive mode  (no ciphering).



2) Create or select profile.
   Profiles in FSPro are accounts, which consist of:
    - Profile name 
    - "Files to protect" list
    - Password checksum

   To create new profile
   ---------------------

   a) From main FSPro window click Create New Profile button. 
      Profile window appears.

   b) Type profile name into Profile Name field. 

   c) Type your files or directories list to protect into
      Files and Folders to Protect field.
      This list defines where your encrypted data are stored 
      or will be stored. Wildcards are available. 
      Use semicolon as a delimiter. 
        e.g.
          C:\Documents\*.*;D:\Clients\clients.zip;C:\My Confident Dir\report*.*;C:\tests\*.doc

      Note that '*' could mean a subdirectories so
      C:\Documents\*.* means that all files in C:\Documents directory 
      and all files in C:\Documents subdirectories are considered as 
      confidential.

      To make assembling of the list easy you can use
      Files and Folders Wizard.
      Just click Files and Folders Wizard button and Files and 
      Folders Wizard will appear.

      !!! WARNING !!!

      DO NOT INCLUDE SYSTEM FILES OR SYSTEM SWAP FILE IN THE LIST
      IT MAY FOLLOW TO THE SYSTEM CRASH

      We do not recommend you to specify directories, which already contain 
      unencrypted data. If you do it these data will be inaccessible 
      when FSPro is working in Active mode.

   d) Enter your profile password.
      This step is optional.

      By default FSPro does not define whether your password 
      is correct or no. So if you have an encrypted data 
      the only way to ensure in password validity is 
      to read the data. 

      If you want FSPro check your password every time you activate FSPro
      you should enter your profile password:
       - Click on the Check Password Before Using Profile checkbox to check it.
       - Type your password in Enter Password field 
       - Retype it again in the next field

      Be aware that FSPro stores neither your password not a secret 128-bit key,
      It saves only 8-bit checksum of the key. 
      But it is still vulnerable to a brute force attack (exhaustive search)
      because the number of possible keys is 2^120.
      Believe us, 2^120 is a very huge number even for very modern hardware.
        

      FSPro generates the cipher key based on password you have specified.
      
      Click Apply button to commit your changes. Later you can change 
      any item of an existing profile.


   To select work profile 
   ----------------------
      just select profile name from drop-down list from main FSPro window.

   Remember only one profile can be active at the same time. If you activate
   a profile, all others will go to inactive state automatically.
   The only way to make several profiles work at the same time is 
   to create a new profile that unite profiles you need.



2) Enter your password for selected profile.
   Note that if checking password is enabled for your profile you will need to 
   type your  password just once. Otherwise, you will be asked to 
   retype the password.


3) Click Activate button
   If your password is valid FSPro goes to Active mode and you can safely 
   read/write you confidential files. 

When you read a file it is being decrypted by means of the key, based on your 
password. When you write a file it is being encrypted with the same key.
Don't worry about the manner your applications read/write files. FSPro works
with random file access as well as with direct file access.

In Active mode you are working with your confidential files as if they are 
not encrypted. 
If you copy any file from unprotected directories into directories you have
specified in the list, you will get encrypted files on the disk but you 
can access them in Active mode as if they are not encrypted. 

If you copy files from protected into another (unprotected) directory 
you will get unencrypted original files. But if you MOVE these files into 
another directory of the same logical disk you will get encrypted files.



4) For security don't forget to deactivate FSPro when you
   finish work with your confidential data. When you need to deactivate 
   FSPro click right mouse button on the FSPro icon (padlock) in the system 
   tray  and select "Deactivate" item from the popup menu. 

In this stage you can access your confidential files but you cannot read real
contents of the files. You will just get an encrypted version of your files.
You can copy your encrypted files into any device, e.g. into CD-R/CD-RW disk,
or send these files via insecure channels, e.g. Internet

If you want to open access to encrypted data again, double click the FSPro 
Icon in the system tray and repeat the steps described above.


About cryptography in FSPro 
===========================
                                     
This version of FSPro uses RC4 cryptographic algorithm with 128 bit key length.
(This program has been developed outside the USA, so it can be used 
all over the world, if ciphering is permitted by national legislation)
Cryptographic key is based on your password and calculated buy MD5 method.


System Requirements
===================

Operation system Windows 95, 98 or Windows ME. 
Less than 1MB free space on the hard disk.
No special requirements to your hardware,
but performance of ciphering depends on 
performance of your CPU and storage device.


Registration
============

FSPro is shareware.
This product is full functional during first 14 days after its installation.
Its registering eliminates time limitation.
If you don't register, FSPro will work in read-only mode after expiring 
of trial period. It means you will still be able to read your encrypted files, 
but you will not be able to renew them or to create new encrypted files.
Please visit our homepage ( http://zsoftgroup.hypermart.net/register.html )
to get our price list.


How to buy
==========

Click on the FSPro about icon form the main FSPro window.
The About box appears.
In this window click Buy now button.
FSPro will bring you to our sell page.
Alternatively you may go to http://zsoftgroup.hypermart.net/register.html.
Follow the page instructions to buy FSPro online.


Activating your registration code
=================================

Click on the FSPro about icon form the main FSPro window.
The About box appears.
Click Register button.
In the registration window type your name and registration code 
you received after purchasing FSPro.
Click Ok button to activate the registration code.


Contact information
===================

All remarks, offers and bug reports send to: zsoftgroup@siii.net
New versions of FSPro, other products of ZSoftGroup, the latest 
information, known bugs etc are available on our web site
http://zsoftgroup.hypermart.net
