I think it depends on whether it is legally or ethically allowed to generate that kind of file. For example, it's definitely approperiate to post something that generates, say, a winword document (though how useful that is might be a question because it's easier to generate RTF), whereas, say, generating a registration key that allows you to use multiple copies of a payware without paying for it would not really be approperiate. (There can even be borderline cases. Eg. with the builtin cheat key combinations in Prince of Persia you can't get more than ten life or so, but if you edit the save file you can get up to 255. Is it allowed to cheat that way to practice dueling with Jaffar?)

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