Re: snake oil

Andrew Loewenstern (andrew_loewenstern@swissbank.com)
Tue, 23 Jun 98 13:20:39 -0500

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Mike Stay writes:
> Oops! Crypto challenges are provided for under the bill.
> But any third-party analysis of software without the vendor's
> consent is illegal.

Will this provision stand up in court? There are many court cases that
support peoples right to reverse-engineer software: the Phoenix BIOS case, and
cases where vendors reverse-engineered Microsoft's proprietary API.

andrew

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