Re: Disinfectant 1.6 oddity

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From: Geoff Allen
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 1990 15:47

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hairston@henry.ece.cmu.edu (David Hairston) writes:
>if you're _very_ concerned about tampering to disinfectant try to arrange
>to get a copy from the source listed in the application (i.e. norstad's
>home site).

I believe that the first thing Disinfectant does is check itself.  If it
notices anything unusual about itself, it won't run.  (Is this right
John?)

Based on this, I think you'd have a tough time running a messed up
version of Disinfectant, so it's probably not worth worrying about.

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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!pmafire!geoff
From: geoff@pmafire.UUCP (Geoff Allen)
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Subject: Re: Disinfectant 1.6 oddity
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Date: 26 Mar 90 15:47:50 GMT
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