[42273] in Cypherpunks
Re: Netscape Logic Bomb detailed by IETF
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tom Weinstein)
Wed Oct 25 10:25:00 1995
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 1995 07:04:08 -0700
From: tomw@orac.engr.sgi.com (Tom Weinstein)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: sameer's message of Tue, 24 Oct 1995 16:53:12 GMT
Reply-To: tomw@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com
In article <DGypKo.Isx@sgi.sgi.com>, sameer <sameer@c2.org> writes:
>> I posted a list of MD5 checksums as a personal favor to various cypherpunks
>> who asked for them, since I have access to the original bits. The official
>> Netscape solution for checking your downloaded distribution will be
>> announced later in the year. In the mean time anyone who is uncomfortable
>> with downloading the bits from the net can always buy a copy. We will
>> ship them the distribution on floppy.
>>
> That's quite lame.. (not on your part jeff, obviously, because
> you posted the md5s) Netscape's responses in the past has been pretty
> quick, but this is damn slow. I am disappointed.
This isn't an easy problem. Personally, I'd rather have them get it
right than get it done fast.
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Sure we spend a lot of money, but that doesn't mean | Tom Weinstein
we *do* anything. -- Washington DC motto | tomw@engr.sgi.com
