Re: distributed.net and seti@home

[fygrave () EPR0 ORG (CyberPsychotic)]

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~:I have seen many reports of insecurities of ICQ, and while this is A Good
~:Thing, a program that would likely be in use on more computers is
~:distributed.net's rc5 (or other) programs, or seti@home's client. They are
~:often installed by default on server farms, lab machines, as well as
~:countless home machines.
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~:Has anyone taken a close look at these programs? I sure haven't. It might be
~:a good thing to check on... :)
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 Yeah, I never had trust to them either, particualary because they don't
distribute the source code (at least the didn't last time I checked) along
with the binaries which makes the auditing somewhat cumbersome :)