From owner-freebsd-doc Mon Mar 10 16:57:29 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 496EE37B404 for ; Mon, 10 Mar 2003 16:57:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.comcast.net (smtp.comcast.net [24.153.64.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1A9A43F75 for ; Mon, 10 Mar 2003 16:57:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from apeiron@comcast.net) Received: from [192.168.1.100] (pcp01380957pcs.levtwn01.pa.comcast.net [68.81.162.166]) by mtaout01.icomcast.net (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.12 (built Feb 13 2003)) with ESMTP id <0HBK001B37ZPXK@mtaout01.icomcast.net> for FreeBSD-doc@freebsd.org; Mon, 10 Mar 2003 19:57:26 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 19:57:51 -0500 From: Christopher Nehren Subject: Re: Last sentence in md5(1) is a bit misleading In-reply-to: To: "Gary W. Swearingen" Cc: FreeBSD-doc@freebsd.org Message-id: <1047344271.3393.22.camel@prophecy> Organization: MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.2 Content-type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-23vzUveM+eDwDOLNMpxa"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 References: <1047333408.1687.28.camel@prophecy> Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org --=-23vzUveM+eDwDOLNMpxa Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 2003-03-10 at 19:18, Gary W. Swearingen wrote:=20 > I think it can only be interpreted as intended or as being > self-contradictory, so that one should be able to assume that readers > will interprete it as indended. But your version is better, of course. I agree that, generally speaking, it's not too difficult to see the intended meaning. My aim was to eliminate any possible amiguity -- the usage of the passive voice was pure happenstance. =3D) > But, IIRC (but I might be confusing it with some other crypto), RSA put > their patented idea into the public domain a few weeks before their > patent expired. I'm not sure about the status of the copyright on the > "program", but the file /usr/src/sbin/md5/md5.c says it is derived from > code with this copyright: >=20 > Copyright (C) 1990-2, RSA Data Security, Inc. Created 1990. > All rights reserved. >=20 > If that is still valid, the acknowledgment seems invalid. Frankly speaking, I wasn't aware that the issue to which I was referring ma= y not even be valid. Next time I'll investigate, heh. > nobody here knows for sure, you might ask on -chat or -hackers. Will do, thanks for the idea. > You should use send-pr (e-mail or web form), but a simple message is > better than nothing. Your efforts are much more likely to get results > if you use send-pr, generally speaking. Understood, and thanks again. --=-23vzUveM+eDwDOLNMpxa Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQA+bTSPUdqurN0fljsRAoKpAJ97zGPAfZos57hgHDoW5fE47XAtiwCgsSnc 1xQvfqy/T4+jL5qUQenFkXc= =5FRL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-23vzUveM+eDwDOLNMpxa-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message