Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 21 Feb 1997 15:32:32 -0500 (EST) | From | David Schwartz <> | Subject | Re: RC5 Challenge - Linux at Top |
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On Fri, 21 Feb 1997, Nathan Bryant wrote:
> Sorry! I spoke too soon. I'd thought that somebody mentioned the sources > were available, but I was wrong. :( They aren't available for > export-control reasons, and because somebody could modify them to send > crap to the server.
That's 100% bogus. Export law makes no distinction between source and executable, it cares only about functionality. Further, anyone could send bogus data to the server, with or without the source -- it's trivial to intercept the program's data stream.
David Schwartz
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