Date: Fri, 28 Mar 1997 11:04:51 -0500 (EST) From: Mark Mayo <mark@quickweb.com> To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: MSWord docs... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970328110159.19604B-100000@vinyl.quickweb.com> In-Reply-To: <199703271713.KAA01589@phaeton.artisoft.com>
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On Thu, 27 Mar 1997, Terry Lambert wrote: > > > Nothing public. You can obtain documentation under NDA from > > > Microsoft, provided you agree not to implement anything useful > > > with the information (like a word processor). > > They may also have a patent on the encryption algorithm (a friend > of mine, while employed at Word Perfect, actually cracked their > encryption). In version 4.x, and 6.x the "encryption" was an XOR of the file with the given password :-) So if you had an image in your word document, with enough zeros in it, the password would be all over the place in the "encrypted" file :-) Quite rediculous. -Mark > > Regards, > Terry Lambert > terry@lambert.org > --- > Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present > or previous employers. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mark Mayo mark@quickweb.com RingZero Comp. http://vinyl.quickweb.com/mark ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GCS/O d- s+ a-- C++ UB+++$ P+ L- E--- W++ N+ K- w++(---) O- M- !V PS+ PE Y++ PGP+ t !5 X+ R- tv b++ DI+ D++ G+ e+(*) h--- r++ y+(+++) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Typically, I don't use JAVA -- I think that strong typing is for weak minds (and lazy compiler/interpreter writers)." -- Terry Lambert
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