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Subject: Re: The case against Patriot

Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto

Date: 01:25:11 05/06/05

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On May 05, 2005 at 18:20:38, Dann Corbit wrote:

>On May 05, 2005 at 17:56:53, Dann Corbit wrote:
>
>>On May 05, 2005 at 17:54:42, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:
>>
>>>On May 05, 2005 at 17:48:32, Dann Corbit wrote:
>>>
>>>>On May 05, 2005 at 17:35:57, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On May 05, 2005 at 17:19:51, Dann Corbit wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>Vladimir Yelin runs his binary through an obfuscator to hide strings in the
>>>>>>executable:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv
>>>>>>--------------------------------------------
>>>>>>- ORiEN executable files protection system -
>>>>>>------ Created by A. Fisun, 1994-2003 ------
>>>>>>------- WWW: http://zalexf.narod.ru/ -------
>>>>>>-------- e-mail: zalexf@hotmail.ru ---------
>>>>>>--------------------------------------------
>>>>>>Well, you got this text, but this will be all you get :)
>>>>>>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>>>>>
>>>>>>There is no reason to do that, unless you have something to hide.
>>>>>
>>>>>Try old Fritzes (like 5.32) :) :) :)
>>>>>
>>>>>--
>>>>>GCP
>>>>
>>>>Apparently, they have outgrown that paranoia:
>>>
>>>Paranoia?
>>>
>>>No, following your own reasoning: they no longer have something to hide.
>>
>>That is another (real) possibility.
>
>Or even more likely, there just were not very many strings in the binary.

No, it's not just that. You can't load the engine in a debugger or disassemble
it.

--
GCP



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