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From: Thorsten Ohl <ohl@hep.tu-darmstadt.de>
To: <caml-list@inria.fr>
Subject: Signatures (was: Reverse-Engineering Bytecode)
Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2000 19:17:10 +0200 (CEST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <14657.9878.935831.924470@heplix4.ikp.physik.tu-darmstadt.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <003a01bfd0c9$9f1d1370$67adc2cf@machiavelli>

Michael Donat <donat@intergate.bc.ca> writes:

> I don't see a benefit in having an OCaml module encryption system.

But a cryptographic O'Caml module _signature_ system could be useful
for checking the integrity of applications.  I always distribute my
work as source, but it would be useful if there was a way to check
that the sources have not been modified if someone sends in a bug
report.

Even better would be a fixed point condition that would allow to print
a warning message: ``The sources have been modified, you can do
anything you want, but don't blame me or the results.''

Cheers,
-Thorsten
-- 
Thorsten Ohl, Physics Department, TU Darmstadt -- ohl@hep.tu-darmstadt.de
http://heplix.ikp.physik.tu-darmstadt.de/~ohl/ [<=== PGP public key here]




  reply	other threads:[~2000-06-09 17:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2000-06-07 21:41 Reverse-Engineering Bytecode: A Possible Commercial Objection To O'Caml Michael Donat
2000-06-09 17:17 ` Thorsten Ohl [this message]
2000-06-09 21:56   ` Signatures (was: Reverse-Engineering Bytecode) Vitaly Lugovsky
2000-06-12 14:23     ` Markus Mottl
2000-06-13 12:54       ` Thorsten Ohl
2000-06-13 13:02         ` Vitaly Lugovsky

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