Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: Breaking system configuration in stable kernels | Date | Thu, 11 Oct 2001 22:18:14 -0400 | From | Horst von Brand <> |
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Doug McNaught <doug@wireboard.com> said: > davidsen@tmr.com (bill davidsen) writes: > > > Microsoft has actually had two good ideas; the software floating > > point in the FORTRAN compiler for the 8080 CP/M system (one extra bit > > of precision) and MS-CHAP to prevent clear text passwords from passing > > on the net. > > Kerberos predates the latter by quite a bit.
And numerical analysis types will tell you that extra precision in intermediate results is *EVIL* ;-) -- Horst von Brand vonbrand@sleipnir.valparaiso.cl Casilla 9G, Vin~a del Mar, Chile +56 32 672616 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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