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  1. Path: globe.indirect.com!indirect
  2. From: raster@indirect.com (Charles Dye)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.lang.asm.x86,comp.lang.c,comp.os.msdos.programmer
  4. Subject: Re: FREEDOS: did someone see it? (was Re: ANNOUNCE: New Free-DOS
  5. Date: 15 Feb 1996 23:28:52 GMT
  6. Organization: Internet Direct, Inc.
  7. Message-ID: <4g0fjk$nhh@globe.indirect.com>
  8. References: <3jkaun$8rn@2hoog.vpro.nl> <3k8iue$1ncb@rs6a.wln.com> <4enb2g$711@spruce.citicorp.com> <621WV-sfN1B@oscar.north.de> <4evol1$lla@dfw.nkn.net> <4f8a2s$sgq@natasha.rmii.com> <1996Feb8.155359.10019@kbbs.org> <4ff2im$b0h@ixnews1.ix.netcom.com> <4ffpb1$qk5@globe.indirect.com> <DMnpHE.EKy@cyf-kr.edu.pl>
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  12. In article <DMnpHE.EKy@cyf-kr.edu.pl>,
  13.    kravietz@pipeta.chemia.pk.edu.pl (Pawel Krawczyk) wrote:
  14. >On <9 Feb 1996 15:30:41 GMT> Charles Dye (raster@indirect.com) wrote:
  15. >
  16. >> >the version checks. (Does Microsoft want to encourage hacking of their 
  17. >> >programs?) I don't think they've posted these programs for Win95 yet.
  18. >> Of course they don't.  That's why they PKlite stuff, as well; the actual
  19. >                                         ^^^^^^^^^^^^
  20. >Is it any protection? IMHO no (but maybe In M$ Opinion is).  
  21.  
  22. It's what's called "security through obscurity."  It will stop the average
  23. 13-year-old poking around with debug, but won't even slow down an
  24. experienced hacker.
  25.  
  26. raster@indirect.com
  27.