Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!execu!sequoia!rpp386!jfh From: jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F Haugh II) Newsgroups: comp.unix.internals Subject: Re: Preventing date rollback Message-ID: <18800@rpp386.cactus.org> Date: 11 Dec 90 00:40:08 GMT References: <1959@necisa.ho.necisa.oz> Reply-To: jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F Haugh II) Distribution: comp Organization: Lone Star Cafe and BBS Service Lines: 9 X-Clever-Slogan: Recycle or Die. In article <1959@necisa.ho.necisa.oz> boyd@necisa.ho.necisa.oz (Boyd Roberts) writes: >How are you going to stop the place where it's written from being re-witten? Among other things, by using data encryption or something similiarly nasty like cryptographic checksums. [ All of which can also be defeated, but at a slightly higher cost. ] -- John F. Haugh II UUCP: ...!cs.utexas.edu!rpp386!jfh Ma Bell: (512) 832-8832 Domain: jfh@rpp386.cactus.org