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From: Mark-Geisert@l66a.ladc.bull.com (Mark Geisert)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.nsc.32k
Subject: Re: Re: requested clarification of minix issues
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Date: 9 Jun 90 18:53:00 GMT
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In a recent posting, Bruce Culbertson wrote:
> After someone proves they have a legal copy of Minix by mailing
> me their official Minix boot disk with the Prentice-Hall copyright
> on it, I would return the disk and e-mail the above files to the
> individual.  (Is e-mail secure enough for this?  I would be sending
> plain-text copyrighted sources.)  The above files could be divided
> into 7 pieces of less than 64K bytes each (is that the e-mail
> limit?) for e-mailing.  I really would like to avoid copying floppies
> and mailing them by conventional mail.
 
To verify ownership of a legal copy of Minix, how about..
(1) prospective user snail-mails a photocopy of his Minix boot disk
    (with the P-H copyright on it) and his own e-mail address
    to Bruce
(2) Bruce challenges prospective user by e-mail with a 'simple'
    question that only the holder of the Minix diskettes can
    answer
(3) prospective user e-mails the answer to the question (or begs
    for another question?)
(4) Bruce e-mails Minix materials.
 
Re e-mail security, there is none :-).  Perhaps you could leave
out something(s) that are essential from your materials.. something
that can be supplied by the holder of Minix diskettes.
 
Just some ideas......
 
..mark  (Mark-Geisert@LADC.Bull.COM or ..!uunet!ladcgw!Mark-Geisert)