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Subject: Re:  CSC patch vs Mandatory Update
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Date: Tue, 9-Jun-87 11:33:33 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jun  9 11:33:33 1987
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one of things issues I had to come to terms with was whether or not the patch
could be reverse engineered. after reading it and the fiche it was quite 
obvious that if it could be reverse engineered, one of the following two 
conditions needed to be met:

1. the reverse engineer would need to have access to the fiche, in which case
	the fiche is actually sufficient WITHOUT the patch.

2. the guy is a true genius, and patch or no patch this guy has already hacked
	your system into submission.

-ed