1994-04-26 - Re: Schneier’s source code

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From: michael shiplett <michael.shiplett@umich.edu>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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Message ID: <199404262006.QAA22248@totalrecall.rs.itd.umich.edu>
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UTC Datetime: 1994-04-26 20:06:44 UTC
Raw Date: Tue, 26 Apr 94 13:06:44 PDT

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From: michael shiplett <michael.shiplett@umich.edu>
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 94 13:06:44 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Schneier's source code
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"tcm" == Timothy C May <tcmay@netcom.com> writes:

tcm> Someone in Cypherpunks has a novel solution: print code in the
tcm> most easily OCRable font---I think the suggestion was that OCR-A
tcm> and OCR-B, or somesuch, are optimized for this (one would think
tcm> so from the names, but I had thought they had something to do
tcm> with the magnetic ink printing on checks...).

  One of the computer magazines ("Compute"?) in the '80s used to
supply source in a bar code format which was readily scanned into
one's machine using one of those "light wands." I don't know what
export restrictions might apply to this distribution method.

michael

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• 1994-04-26 (Tue, 26 Apr 94 04:39:09 PDT) - Schneier’s source code - rishab@dxm.ernet.in
  • 1994-04-26 (Tue, 26 Apr 94 12:01:11 PDT) - Re: Schneier’s source code - tcmay@netcom.com (Timothy C. May)
    • 1994-04-26 (Tue, 26 Apr 94 13:06:44 PDT) - Re: Schneier’s source code - michael shiplett <michael.shiplett@umich.edu>
      • 1994-04-26 (Tue, 26 Apr 94 13:40:54 PDT) - Re: Schneier’s source code - deeb@meceng.coe.neu.edu (Stephen Humble)
      • 1994-04-26 (Tue, 26 Apr 94 15:31:53 PDT) - Re: Schneier’s source code - “Mark W. Eichin” <eichin@paycheck.cygnus.com>
        • 1994-04-26 (Tue, 26 Apr 94 16:21:19 PDT) - Re: Schneier’s source code - Phil Karn <karn@qualcomm.com>
          • 1994-04-27 (Wed, 27 Apr 94 04:28:50 PDT) - Re: Schneier’s source code - “Perry E. Metzger” <perry@snark.imsi.com>