Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!mcgill-vision!snorkelwacker!usc!cs.utexas.edu!texbell!sugar!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: alt.sources.d Subject: Re: Beyond shar (Re: shars and security concerns.) Message-ID: Date: 7 May 90 18:07:24 GMT References: <662@n4hgf.uucp> <1152@chinacat.Unicom.COM> <518@cpsolv.CPS.COM> <1203@chinacat.Unicom.COM> <2641.263ea7ac@mccall.com> <18275@rpp386.cactus.org> <682@n4hgf.uucp> <--830L1ggpc2@ficc.uu.net> <2499@litchi.bbn.com> Reply-To: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 11 In article <2499@litchi.bbn.com> rsalz@bbn.com (Rich Salz) writes: > In <--830L1ggpc2@ficc.uu.net> peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) writes: > >Why not just switch to something that was (once upon a time, anyway) common, > >... The Software Tools archive format. > It doesn't protect against leading characters that can cause problems, like > [SPACE] . ~ So? Make it so. It's been widely distributed in source format. I'm sure that anyone reading this can find the Ratfor or Pascal source in half a day at most, simply by asking their colleagues if they have a copy of K&P. -- `-_-' Peter da Silva. +1 713 274 5180. 'U` Have you hugged your wolf today? @FIN Commercial solicitation *is* accepted by email to this address.