patwood@esquire.UUCP (01/28/87)
Did you know that the PostScript font protection scheme in ROM has been cracked? The outline information is rather easily accessed due to a bug and/or hole in PostScript. I'll post more info later when I've had a chance to look at it in more detail. By the way, does anyone know what the legal implications of describing this hole would be? What about the legalities of distributing a program that uploaded a font description over the serial line from a LaserWriter (i.e., a program that gives you downloadable fonts taken from those stored in the LW's ROM)? Pat Wood Pipeline Associates, Inc. Editor, The PostScript Language Journal bellcore!phw5!phw