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Article #290Re: FTP defn of SGML
From: Barry Shein
Date: Sun, 30 Sep 1990 22:16
Date: Sun, 30 Sep 1990 22:16
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>As for your suggestion of a "checksum" to protect document integrety, this
>would prevent such little repairs as correcting spelling, and so would be
>immediately ignored or replaced as the document is updated.
>
>Kent, the man from xanth.
Again, you're tossing the whole idea of on-line documentation in the
trash. So we need a different solution.
Nelson in Literary Machines discusses this. He basically comes up with
a scheme very similar to SCCS or RCS, using versioning and difference
files.
Just another example of a possible solution.
I honestly don't think this is a huge problem or proves anything. As I
said, how often do you use the "man" command on Unix and say "hmm,
it's possible someone tampered with this..." Go cut the tamperer's
hands off or get a reliable, private copy.
But it's not the critical issue in this.
--
-Barry Shein
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!world!bzs From: bzs@world.std.com (Barry Shein) Newsgroups: comp.text.sgml Subject: Re: FTP defn of SGML Message-ID: <BZS.90Sep30181648@world.std.com> Date: 30 Sep 90 22:16:48 GMT References: <1990Sep28.134332.24815@terminator.cc.umich.edu> <1990Sep29.003132.17644@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> <BZS.90Sep29162136@world.std.com> <1990Sep30.191643.13942@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> Sender: bzs@world.std.com (Barry Shein) Organization: The World Lines: 27 In-Reply-To: xanthian@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG's message of 30 Sep 90 19:16:43 GMT