DFCODE IS A PDP-10 PROGRAM TO CODE OR DECODE DECTAPE FILES, IN SUCH A WAY AS TO MAKE THEM UNRECOGNIZABLE TO ANYONE BUT THE OWNER. SINCE NORMAL MONITOR PROTECTION CAN BE BYPASSED, AND IS INSTALATION DEPENDENT, A BETTER PROTECTION SCHEME IS FREQUENTLY ADVANTAGEOUS. THE PROGRAM WRITES CODED COPIES OF FILES FROM ANY DEVICE, TO A "STORAGE" DECTAPE, AND WRITES DECODED COPIES OF CODED FILES FROM A DECTAPE TO ANY OTHER DEVICE. ALTHOUGH THE PERIPHERAL DEVICE ON WHICH THE UNCODED FILE RESIDES, OR IS TO RESIDE, MAY BE ANY DEVICE, IT IS USUALLY DISK.