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- From: perlman@moose.cis.ohio-state.edu (Gary Perlman)
- Subject: Re: |STAT now available via anonymous ftp
- Message-ID: <1992Aug16.030717.13153@cis.ohio-state.edu>
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- Organization: Computer & Info Sci Ohio State Univ Columbus, OH 43210
- References: <1992Aug13.061250.3960@cis.ohio-state.edu> <WVENABLE.92Aug15142816@algona.stats.adelaide.edu.au>
- Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1992 03:07:17 GMT
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- In article <WVENABLE.92Aug15142816@algona.stats.adelaide.edu.au> wvenable@algona.stats.adelaide.edu.au (Bill Venables) writes:
-
- >uuencoding is not necessary for files transferred by remote ftp, so long as
- >"binary" mode is set during transmission.
-
- I would not like the lack of access to uudecode to be a problem,
- so I have placed a non-uuencoded file, stat.tar.Z.crypt, in
- the pub/stat directory at ftp.cis.ohio-state.edu.
-
- >I suppose it is well known that the "crypt" facility is still an illegal
- >export from the US and (in theory) should not exist on any machine outside
- >the US. So persons like me outside the US intending to get |STAT this way
- >will need first to get an account somewhere inside the US, remote login to
- >it, ftp it there first, decrypt it there, re-ftp it home and so on. But if
- >that's the deal, then I guess that's the deal.
-
- crypt is based on WWII technology and does not include controlled
- encryption methods. I use crypt in the MKS toolkit, imported into
- the US from Canada. Still, if you don't have crypt, then you don't have it.
-
- The "deal" is that I do not want |STAT placed on a bulletin board or
- and ftp site without some assurance that people will abide by its restrictions
- (those basically being that you can't distribute modified copies).
-
- I am willing to send stat.tar.Z.uu (without encryption) to those who
- send me the line:
- I AGREE TO ADHERE TO THE CONDITIONS OF USING |STAT.
- The message would be a little over 500 Kbytes.
-
- Some people have sent me some messages about problems compiling |STAT
- on their machines. I have made some changes in the declarations of
- functions to overcome these, but if you find more, then send me a
- transcript of the compiler messages and I will try to address them.
- --
- Name: Gary Perlman | Computer and Information Science Department
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