levericw@clutx.clarkson.edu (WALDEN LEVERICH) (06/27/90)
I seem to recall seeing a posting about PKZIP 1.2 being a hack, and not a valid release. Is this correct, and who should I contact if my BBS has a copy? Thanks in advance. Walden Leverich ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- No fancy .sig
iesa002@discg1.UUCP (john boris) (06/28/90)
From article <1990Jun27.154248.4959@sun.soe.clarkson.edu>, by levericw@clutx.clarkson.edu (WALDEN LEVERICH): > I seem to recall seeing a posting about PKZIP 1.2 being a hack, and not a > valid release. Is this correct, and who should I contact if my BBS has a > copy? > > Thanks in advance. > > Walden Leverich > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > No fancy .sig You are coreect. In a recent posting on a local BBS Phil Katz has stated that there isn't any version of PKZIP 1.2 outthere. He also offered a reward for the catching of the culprit. -- John J. Boris,Sr. Defense Industrial Supply Center-DISC-EE Philadelphia,PA (AV)442-6382 COMM (215)697-6382 "These statements are my own... And usually I'm not that sane!" "Beam me up Scotty!" :jboris%discg1.uucp@dsac.dla.mil
bruce@archive.rtp.dg.com (Bruce Kahn) (06/28/90)
If you ever get a copy of PKZIP 1.2 you should immediately contact Phil Katz himself. You can get the voice # from an older version of PKZIP or from the documentation file. (I dont have it handy, sorry) DO NOT RUN PKZIP 1.2 UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES!!! You will regret it for many moons if you do! Bruce (bruce@archive.rtp.dg.com)
damon@hpvcfs1.HP.COM (Damon Schaefer) (06/28/90)
Here's the note... Tue 15 May 90 10:12 By: Stu Turk To: All Re: Re: PKZIP 1.20 ----------------------------------------------------------------- * Forwarded from "PittNet " * Originally from Jmove the files IMMEDIATELY, and please contact PKWARE to report where the files were seen. REWARD! ------- PKWARE is offering a reward of lifetime free upgrades for PKZIP to anyone who can provide information leading to the identification and prosecution of the person or persons responsible for creating this bogus version 1.20 of the software. They have only served to confuse and hurt the user community, and the perpetrators of this crime are at minimum in violation of Federal Copyright Law. If you have any information about the source of PKZ120.EXE or PKZ120.ZIP, please report it to PKWARE immediately, either: by Voice at 414-352-3670 by BBS at 414-352-7176 by FAX at 414-352-3815 or by mail: PKWARE Inc. 7545 N. Port Washington Rd. Glendale, WI 53217 Sincerely, Phil Katz President, PKWARE Inc. -- {backbone}!cs.cmu.edu!ralf ARPA: RALF@CS.CMU.EDU FIDO: Ralf Brown 1:129/46 BITnet: RALF%CS.CMU.EDU@CMUCCVMA AT&Tnet: (412)268-3053 (school) FAX: ask DISCLAIMER? | _How_to_Prove_It_ by Dana Angluin 20. by vehement assertion: It What's that?|is useful to have some kind of authority relation to the audience -- (end repost)
roy@cs.umn.edu (Roy M. Silvernail) (06/29/90)
bruce@archive.rtp.dg.com (Bruce Kahn) writes: > DO NOT RUN PKZIP 1.2 UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES!!! You will regret it > for many moons if you do! I know it's a hacked version, but can you tell us what it does? Is it carrying a virus or a bomb of some kind? -- Roy M. Silvernail | 'I don't see why you people | Opinions found now available at: | seem to think this is magic... | herein are mine, cybrspc!roy@cs.umn.edu | Its just this little chromium | but you can rent (cyberspace... be here!)| switch here...[click]' | them.
bk@kullmar.se (Bo Kullmar) (06/30/90)
In <576@dg.dg.com> bruce@archive.rtp.dg.com (Bruce Kahn) writes: > If you ever get a copy of PKZIP 1.2 you should immediately contact >Phil Katz himself. The messages that was posted earlier did not at all tell people to contact Phil Katz if anyone got a copy of "version 1.2". He only wanted to know the souce of the patch 1.2, but I don't think that we will ever get that informaton. > DO NOT RUN PKZIP 1.2 UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES!!! You will regret it >for many moons if you do! As far as I can understand the PKZIP 1.2 version that I have seen has only got a new versionnumber and it is not dangerous to run it. A friend in Finland has used it a lot. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ -- Bo Kullmar, Helsingoersg. 38, S-164 42 KISTA, Sweden, Phone +46 8 7511518 UUCP: {uunet,mcvax,munnari,cernvax,diku,inria,prlb2,tut,ukc,unido} !sunic!kullmar!bk Internet: bk@kullmar.se
mike@anomaly.sbs.com (Michael P. Deignan) (07/02/90)
In article <21930001@hpvcfs1.HP.COM> damon@hpvcfs1.HP.COM (Damon Schaefer) writes: > >PKWARE is offering a reward of lifetime free upgrades for PKZIP >to anyone who can provide information leading to the >identification and prosecution of the person or persons >responsible for creating this bogus version 1.20 of the >software. Have they looked in SEA's direction lately? Big :-) -- -- Michael P. Deignan, President -- Small Business Systems, Inc. -- ----------------------------------------- Box 17220, Esmond, RI 02917 -- -- Domain-Based: mike@anomaly.sbs.com -- Voice: +1 401 273-4669 -- -- UUCP: ...!uunet!rayssd!anomaly!mike -- Telebit: +1 401 455-0347 --