Re: TI-H: Re: checksums and stuff
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Re: TI-H: Re: checksums and stuff
Duh.
I'm not that stupid.
The point I'm trying to make is that it is possible and if anybody pulled it
off it could be funny by changing some error messages.
Cavan
>hey. just what are you trying to say? *grin*
>
>no, that was more for cavan.
>
>does anybody know what particular checksumming routing is used (i.e., MD5,
>etc.?)
>
>--nick
>
>
>Nick Foster / Bistromath / zaphod@coe.neu.edu
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Olle Hedman" <oh@hem.passagen.se>
>To: <ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org>
>Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2000 2:06 PM
>Subject: Re: TI-H: Re: checksums and stuff
>
>
> >
> >
> > Nick wrote:
> > >
> > > right- but the point of a checksum is that any change in the ROM
>alters
>the
> > > checksum-- if the ROM is altered at all, the checksum gets altered.
>it's
> > > EXTREMELY difficult, if at all possible, to get a checksum to line up
>again
> > > after the data has been changed, and even if you can do it you have to
> > > actually make the data you inserted -useful-.
> >
> > Yes, that has been my point with every mail I have sent on this topic.
> > Strange how you have been able to miss it.
> >
> > file://Olle
> >
> >
>
>
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