SAS Tip: Check for SAS data set encryption, yet another method

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SAS Tip: Check for SAS data set encryption, yet another method

Posted 02-12-2018 02:06 PM (115584 views)

Given an arbitrary file (not a .sas7bdat file), open the file using FILENAME statement/functions and read the header. Certain patterns in the header are a strong indicator the file may be a SAS data set.

Thanks to Thomas Billings for this tip. Read more details in this paper from WUSS 2017: Methods to Identify and Validate SASProprietary and AES Encrypted SAS Data Sets.

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