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The issue in Japan

Posted Apr 26, 2005 1:06 UTC (Tue) by Ross (subscriber, #4065)
In reply to: The issue in Japan by dberkholz
Parent article: Eben Moglen's linux.conf.au keynote

I don't see how. Just modify the code to skip the authentication routine.
It's the same problem as any client-side authentication. It doesn't actually
do anything. It's just a speedbump. It would be a bigger speedbump if it
was binary-only, but still not real security.

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