rkl@and.cs.liv.ac.uk (01/28/91)
In article <910025.094851.atkinsd@pan31>, atkinsd@sol.cc.deakin.OZ.AU (Damon Atkins,Archimedes Services,0000,1111) writes: > 1. I have heard second hand that the ftp site 128.184.12.XX, > where XX is found to be normaly 50. > { > Login: anonymous Password: ident > or > Login: ANONYMOUS Password: IDENT > } In case anyone's wondering, ANY password can be used with the anonymous user on the vast majority of FTP sites (I use the letter "a" only, because I'm lazy !). Certain sites insist on an e-mail address format for the password and I've sussed that "a@b" works for them too :-) > 1 C If acorn was to introduce into it's next release 3.?? > a function to do a chksum and length check on C compiled > code, then the c programme could put this function into > his/her programme at a random place or something. But clever viruses would be able to circumvent this (simply looks for a pattern of instructions and patches it to return "image OK"), > Let's have a discussion on this any work out the best way to stop > Viruses. Is this correct that a viruse must appear in module area, > or application area, and if not where in memory. There are no easy ways to stop viruses. It's as simple as that, although you could run my VKiller occasionally to keep a watch out for them :-) > I would like to see when the new group starts using TextToFile and > FileToText to send binaries as it is writen in basic V and every one > who has a Archimedes has Basic V. I would also like to see some one > else write a Basic V compress. Th When comp.binaries.acorn starts, I think the convention should switch to using utilities that are PD to pack/ASCIIfy the archive (I flout this at the moment by using Spark 2.00). This *must* involve compression too. At the moment, the only two viable alternatives seem to be: 1. !SparkPlug (V1) archives, uuencoded using the UUencoder on SID. The only snag with this is that it involves messing with TWO separate programs to get the final posting, because !SparkPlug doesn't uuencode automatically. 2. !Extract/!Submit - being worked on by Philip Colmer. This is a combination of UN*X-compatible tar, compress and uuencode, with a reasonable Desktop interface in front. If Philip is reading this, could he please post up (or e-mail me personally) the latest stable version of this, so people can have a play with it ? The big advantage of this is that you can use a UN*X system to decode it before downloading (hence if the !ReadMe makes it sound boring, then you don't have to bother wasting any more time). Richard K. Lloyd, *** This is a MicroVAX II running VAX/VMS V5.3-1 *** Computer Science Dept., * JANET : RKL@UK.AC.LIV.CS.AND * Liverpool University, * Internet : RKL%and.cs.liv.ac.uk@cunyvm.cuny.edu * Merseyside, England, **************************************************** Great Britain. Q: "What's the world's fastest home micro ?" L69 3BX A: "The Archimedes A3000. 4 MIPS for under 800 pounds."