Re: A89: AU 2.00 "bug" explanations

Re: A89: AU 2.00 "bug" explanations

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• Subject: Re: A89: AU 2.00 "bug" explanations
• From: Nate Mueller <nlmueller@students.wisc.edu>
• Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 11:03:00 -0500
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>- I think that we'll not be able to release any source code to explain how
>we did it in ArchUtil. The reasons are simples; TI will fix his lack of
>security; Some "dumb asses" will make virus and/or corrupt their ROM; It
>is not indispensable to program.

Security based on secrecy is no security at all.  It would take less then 5
minutes for someone to run AU through a decompiler and get the complete
source code (decompiling works much better in asm then in C).  The inner
workings of your program are very easy to access and if that's all someone
needs to create a virus, then the issue should be reported to TI, along
with the example code.  This is standard pratice in the computer industry
and it's that way for a reason.

	--Nate

• Re: A89: AU 2.00 "bug" explanations
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• A89: AU 2.00 "bug" explanations
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