• REDATE2.ZIP

    From Gerald Miller@1:342/512 to All on Wed Oct 23 17:14:13 2002
    Hello All,

    I would like to enquire if anyone has updated the subject file:

    === Begin Cut ===
    REDATE2.ZIP

    Redate archive files to the date of the newest file within.
    Contains C source code.
    === End Cut ===

    Or know of any other utility that will perform this task?

    Cheers ... Gerald

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  • From andrew clarke@3:633/285.4 to Gerald Miller on Thu Oct 24 12:10:38 2002
    Wed 2002-10-23 16:14, Gerald Miller (1:342/512) wrote to All:

    I would like to enquire if anyone has updated the subject file:

    === Begin Cut ===
    REDATE2.ZIP

    Redate archive files to the date of the newest file within.
    Contains C source code.
    === End Cut ===

    Or know of any other utility that will perform this task?

    Use the -o option to do this with Info-ZIP's zip on existing archives, ie.

    zip -o archive.zip

    which should leave the archive contents unchanged. With RAR you can use

    rar c -znul -tl archive.rar

    but this will remove any existing archive comments. If no comments exist, RAR should leave the archive contents unchanged also (so the CRC32 or MD5 checksum of the file will be as it was before you changed the file's timestamp).

    I don't know about other archivers. Ideally someone should write a program to do this that works with all common archive formats. I've been thinking about it. ;-) I haven't found anything on the Web to do this.

    Regards
    Andrew

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  • From Gerald Miller@1:342/512 to andrew clarke on Wed Oct 23 22:12:06 2002
    Hello Andrew,

    On Thursday October 24 2002 at 11:10,
    Andrew Clarke [3:633/285.4] wrote to Gerald Miller,
    about: REDATE2.ZIP

    I would like to enquire if anyone has updated the subject file:
    === Begin Cut ===
    REDATE2.ZIP
    Redate archive files to the date of the newest file within.
    Contains C source code.
    === End Cut ===
    Or know of any other utility that will perform this task?

    Use the -o option to do this with Info-ZIP's zip on existing archives,
    ie.

    zip -o archive.zip

    which should leave the archive contents unchanged. With RAR you can
    use

    rar c -znul -tl archive.rar

    but this will remove any existing archive comments. If no comments
    exist, RAR should leave the archive contents unchanged also (so the
    CRC32 or MD5 checksum of the file will be as it was before you changed
    the file's timestamp).

    I don't know about other archivers. Ideally someone should write a program to do this that works with all common archive formats. I've
    been thinking about it. ;-) I haven't found anything on the Web to
    do this.

    I would suggest that you locate the REDATE2.ZIP archive, because if you're proficient at programming with C, the code is in the archive. Currently, it fixes the date for PAK, ZIP, ARJ and LZH files.

    Now, if someone could fix the Y2K bug in the code.....

    Thanks ... Gerald

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  • From andrew clarke@3:633/285.4 to Gerald Miller on Thu Oct 24 15:56:10 2002
    Wed 2002-10-23 21:12, Gerald Miller (1:342/512) wrote to andrew clarke:

    I would suggest that you locate the REDATE2.ZIP archive, because if
    you're proficient at programming with C, the code is in the archive. Currently, it fixes the date for PAK, ZIP, ARJ and LZH files.

    I missed the "C source code available" on the first read! As it turns out, the
    source code is very DOS-specific, and not portable, so a lot of work is needed there, but you could then have a version that worked natively under Windows/UNIX (that would support long file names for eg.).

    Now, if someone could fix the Y2K bug in the code.....

    Resetting file date on TEST.ZIP to 10/24/102 14:57:50

    Is that the only Y2K bug? Just a display issue? That's all I noticed. I changed line 106 of redate.c to read:

    ((mbrdate >> YEAR_SHIFT) + DOS_EPOCH) % 100,

    Resetting file date on TEST.ZIP to 10/24/02 14:57:50

    I assume you didn't want the century to show (like the old version). You can download the new source + executable from

    http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~ozzmosis/redate2/

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  • From Gerald Miller@1:342/512 to andrew clarke on Thu Oct 24 20:34:02 2002
    Hello Andrew,

    On Thursday October 24 2002 at 14:56,
    Andrew Clarke [3:633/285.4] wrote to Gerald Miller,
    about: REDATE2.ZIP

    I would suggest that you locate the REDATE2.ZIP archive, because if
    you're proficient at programming with C, the code is in the archive.
    Currently, it fixes the date for PAK, ZIP, ARJ and LZH files.

    I missed the "C source code available" on the first read! As it turns out, the source code is very DOS-specific, and not portable, so a lot
    of work is needed there, but you could then have a version that worked natively under Windows/UNIX (that would support long file names for
    eg.).

    OS/2 would be nice, also. :-))))

    Now, if someone could fix the Y2K bug in the code.....

    Resetting file date on TEST.ZIP to 10/24/102 14:57:50

    Is that the only Y2K bug? Just a display issue? That's all I
    noticed. I changed line 106 of redate.c to read:

    ((mbrdate >>> YEAR_SHIFT) + DOS_EPOCH) % 100,

    Resetting file date on TEST.ZIP to 10/24/02 14:57:50

    I assume you didn't want the century to show (like the old version).

    Century is not necessary as I don't believe it's really required. "Like the old version"??? The redate version that I have does not show the century when "Resetting file date on ...."; only the last two figures of the year! ???

    You can download the new source + executable from

    http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~ozzmosis/redate2/

    Thank you. I'll have to get a friend to scoop it. I won't have my INet connection up until the middle of next month (at the latest).....

    Just curious.... I created an ARJ archive today, with the switches that set archive date to newest date in archive (1991), then I touched it with today's date. Ran REDATE (my Y2K "bug" version) on the archive - I'm almost positive that REDATE sets the date on ARJ archives to the "time of creation" and not to that of the newest file in the archive. Can you verify this behavior?

    Cheers ... Gerald

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  • From andrew clarke@3:633/285.4 to Gerald Miller on Fri Oct 25 18:35:24 2002
    Thu 2002-10-24 19:34, Gerald Miller (1:342/512) wrote to andrew clarke:

    I missed the "C source code available" on the first read! As it
    turns out, the source code is very DOS-specific, and not portable, so
    a lot of work is needed there, but you could then have a version that
    worked natively under Windows/UNIX (that would support long file names
    for eg.).

    OS/2 would be nice, also. :-))))

    I haven't run OS/2 for a few years. An OS/2 version (16 & 32-bit) should be no
    problem though.

    Just curious.... I created an ARJ archive today, with the switches
    that set archive date to newest date in archive (1991), then I touched
    it with today's date. Ran REDATE (my Y2K "bug" version) on the archive
    - I'm almost positive that REDATE sets the date on ARJ archives to the "time of creation" and not to that of the newest file in the archive.
    Can you verify this behavior?

    17:45 voodoo [e:\devel\csource\redate2]dir test.txt
    2000-01-01 12:00a 16,209 test.txt

    17:45 voodoo [e:\devel\csource\redate2]arj a test.arj test.txt
    ARJ 2.81a Copyright (c) 1990-2002 ARJ Software, Inc. Jun 12 2002

    Creating archive : TEST.ARJ
    Adding TEST.TXT 28.9%
    1 file(s)

    17:45 voodoo [e:\devel\csource\redate2]dir *.arj
    2002-10-25 5:45p 4,799 TEST.ARJ

    17:45 voodoo [e:\devel\csource\redate2]redate *.arj
    Resetting file date on TEST.ARJ to 10/25/02 17:45:18

    17:45 voodoo [e:\devel\csource\redate2]dir *.arj
    2002-10-25 5:45p 4,799 TEST.ARJ

    Looks like it's broken. Maybe it only works with older ARJ archives.

    17:47 voodoo [e:\devel\csource\redate2]del *.arj
    Deleting E:\devel\csource\redate2\TEST.ARJ
    1 file deleted

    17:47 voodoo [e:\devel\csource\redate2]arj230 a test.arj test.txt
    ARJ 2.30 Copyright (c) 1990-92 Robert K Jung. Jan 19 1992

    Creating archive : TEST.ARJ
    Adding TEST.TXT 29.0%
    1 file(s)

    17:47 voodoo [e:\devel\csource\redate2]dir *.arj
    2002-10-25 5:47p 4,811 TEST.ARJ

    17:48 voodoo [e:\devel\csource\redate2]redate *.arj
    Resetting file date on TEST.ARJ to 1/01/00 00:00:00

    17:48 voodoo [e:\devel\csource\redate2]dir *.arj
    2000-01-01 12:00a 4,811 TEST.ARJ

    Yep. ;-)

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  • From Gerald Miller@1:342/512 to andrew clarke on Fri Oct 25 17:39:33 2002
    Hi Andrew,

    On Friday October 25 2002 at 17:35,
    Andrew Clarke [3:633/285.4] wrote to Gerald Miller,
    about: REDATE2.ZIP

    OS/2 would be nice, also. :-))))

    I haven't run OS/2 for a few years. An OS/2 version (16 & 32-bit)
    should be no problem though.

    Just curious.... I created an ARJ archive today, with the switches
    that set archive date to newest date in archive (1991), then I
    touched it with today's date. Ran REDATE (my Y2K "bug" version) on
    the archive - I'm almost positive that REDATE sets the date on ARJ
    archives to the "time of creation" and not to that of the newest
    file in the archive. Can you verify this behavior?

    17:45 voodoo [e:\devel\csource\redate2]dir test.txt
    2000-01-01 12:00a 16,209 test.txt
    17:45 voodoo [e:\devel\csource\redate2]arj a test.arj test.txt
    ARJ 2.81a Copyright (c) 1990-2002 ARJ Software, Inc. Jun 12 2002
    Creating archive : TEST.ARJ
    Adding TEST.TXT 28.9%
    1 file(s)
    17:45 voodoo [e:\devel\csource\redate2]dir *.arj
    2002-10-25 5:45p 4,799 TEST.ARJ
    17:45 voodoo [e:\devel\csource\redate2]redate *.arj
    Resetting file date on TEST.ARJ to 10/25/02 17:45:18
    17:45 voodoo [e:\devel\csource\redate2]dir *.arj
    2002-10-25 5:45p 4,799 TEST.ARJ

    Looks like it's broken. Maybe it only works with older ARJ archives.

    17:47 voodoo [e:\devel\csource\redate2]del *.arj
    Deleting E:\devel\csource\redate2\TEST.ARJ
    1 file deleted
    17:47 voodoo [e:\devel\csource\redate2]arj230 a test.arj test.txt
    ARJ 2.30 Copyright (c) 1990-92 Robert K Jung. Jan 19 1992
    Creating archive : TEST.ARJ
    Adding TEST.TXT 29.0%
    1 file(s)
    17:47 voodoo [e:\devel\csource\redate2]dir *.arj
    2002-10-25 5:47p 4,811 TEST.ARJ
    17:48 voodoo [e:\devel\csource\redate2]redate *.arj
    Resetting file date on TEST.ARJ to 1/01/00 00:00:00
    17:48 voodoo [e:\devel\csource\redate2]dir *.arj
    2000-01-01 12:00a 4,811 TEST.ARJ

    Yep. ;-)

    Snicker... I noticed that someone entered (or started) code for DWC and ZOO archives (rarely used...) in the ARCHDR.H file, but I've not tried redate against either type of archive.

    If you're taking requests for archiver types to add to the code - RAR seems to be very popular... <vBg>

    This is a list of the archiving utilities that I have on my hard drive. The vast majority are seldom used and too many are rather old - I just keep them around in the event that I should encounter a "strange archive type."

    ACE v1.0c Copyright by Marcel Lemke (Oct. 19/97)
    AIN v2.32 Copyright (c) 1993-96 Transas Marine Ltd. (Oct. 04/96)
    PKPAK v3.61 Copyright (c) 1986-88 PKWARE Inc. (Aug. 2/88)
    PKUNPAK v3.61 Copyright (c) 1986-88 PKWARE Inc. (Aug. 2/88)
    ARJ v2.70 Copyright (c) 1990-99 ARJ Software, Inc. (Sep 30 1999)
    ARJ.CFG set ARJ_SW=/a /s /jm /jv1 /jyry /i2
    ARJ v2.60 Copyright (c) 1990-97 ARJ Software, Inc. (Nov. 16/97)
    ARJ260.CFG set ARJ_SW=/a /s /jm /jv1 /jyry /i2
    CODEC - COmpressor DECompressor v3.10
    CRUSH v1.8 Copyright J.Rollason 1994 (Feb. 28/95)
    DWC vA5.01 Copyright (c) 1986,1987,1988 Dean W. Cooper (May 31/88)
    HA 0.999ß Copyright (c) 1995 Harri Hirvola
    HAP v3.00 Copyright (C) 1992 By Harald Feldmann (Nov. 15/92)
    HPACK v0.79a0 Copyright (c) 1989-93 Peter Gutmann (May 1/93)
    HYPER v2.5 Copyright (c) 1989,1990 P. Sawatzki & K.P. Nischke (Oct. 29/90)
    LHice v1.14 Copyright (c) 1988-89 Haruyasu Yoshizaki (Jul. 15/89)
    JAR v1.02 Copyright (c) 1996-97 ARJ Software, Inc. (Aug. 11/97)
    LHA v2.55 Copyright (c) 1988-92 Haruyasu Yoshizaki (Nov. 15/92)
    PAK v2.51 Copyright (c) 1988-90 NoGate Consulting (Oct. 8/90)
    QUANTUM v0.93 Copyright (c) 1993,1994 Cinematronics.
    RAR v2.03 Copyright (c) 1993-98 Eugene Roshal (Mar. 19/98)
    PAK v2.51 Copyright (c) 1988-90 NoGate Consulting (Oct. 8/90)
    SQZ v1.08.3 Copyright (c) 1993 J I Hammarberg (Jan. 24/93)
    UltraCompress II revision 2 Copyright (c) 1994 Ad Infinitum Programs
    X1 v0.92c, 1/7/1991 - 26/5/1995, (C)opyright Stig Valentini
    PKZIP v2.50 Copyright (c) 1989-99 PKWARE Inc. 03-01-1999
    PKZIP v2.04g Copyright (c) 1989-93 PKWARE Inc.
    PKZIP.CFG
    INCLUDE=hidden/system
    PATHS=all
    ZIPDATE=latest
    COMPRESS=maximal
    VIEW=extension,comments,long
    NET=disabled
    PKUNZIP v2.04g Copyright (c) 1989-93 PKWARE Inc.
    PKUNZIP v2.50 Copyright (c) 1989-99 PKWARE Inc. 03-01-1999
    ZOO v2.10

    There are probably more archiving programs that are not in the above list - I haven't been pursuing the gathering of new types of archivers lately.

    Cheers ... Gerry

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  • From andrew clarke@3:633/285.4 to Gerald Miller on Sat Oct 26 17:21:08 2002
    Fri 2002-10-25 16:39, Gerald Miller (1:342/512) wrote to andrew clarke:

    This is a list of the archiving utilities that I have on my hard drive.
    The vast majority are seldom used and too many are rather old - I just
    keep them around in the event that I should encounter a "strange
    archive type."

    ...

    There are probably more archiving programs that are not in the above
    list - I haven't been pursuing the gathering of new types of archivers lately.

    Here's what I've got ;-)

    7-Zip 2.30 Beta 7 Copyright (c) 1999-2001 Igor Pavlov 04-Nov-2001
    ACE v2.0 Copyright by ACE Compression Software Jan 11 2001 17:00:18
    ARC - Archive utility, Version 6.02, created in January of 1989
    ARchive HANdler by GEorge Lyapko v1.40 Shareware (c) 1997-2000
    ARJ 2.30 Copyright (c) 1990-92 Robert K Jung. Jan 19 1992
    ARJ 2.81a Copyright (c) 1990-2002 ARJ Software, Inc. Jun 12 2002
    ARJ32 3.10a Copyright (c) 1990-2002 ARJ Software, Inc. May 31 2002
    compress, v 4.2 (DOS, OS/2) 91/02/12 23:49:00 doug/kur Release $
    Hamarsoft (R) Hap TM 3.00
    JAR 1.02 Copyright (c) 1996-97 ARJ Software, Inc. Aug 11 1997
    LHA version 2.55 Copyright (c) Haruyasu Yoshizaki, 1988-92
    Pak 2.51 Copyright 1988-90 NoGate Consulting
    PKUNZIP (R) FAST! Extract Utility Version 1.93 ALPHA 10-15-91
    PKUNZIP (R) FAST! Extract Utility Version 2.04g 02-01-93
    PKUNZIP(R) 4.00 FAST! Command Translation Utility for Windows
    PKZIP (tm) FAST! Create/Update Utility Version 1.02 10-01-89
    PKZIP (R) FAST! Create/Update Utility Version 2.04g 02-01-93
    PKZIP(R) 4.00 FAST! Command Translation Utility for Windows
    PKZIP(R) Version 5.00 FAST! Compression Utility for Windows
    RAR 2.05 Copyright (c) 1993-98 Eugene Roshal 21 September 1998
    RAR 2.71 Copyright (c) 1993-2000 Eugene Roshal 20 June 2000
    RAR 3.00 Copyright (c) 1993-2002 Eugene Roshal 14 May 2002
    UnZip 5.50 of 17 February 2002, by Info-ZIP. Maintained by C. Spieler.
    XARC - to decompress a standard ARC Format Archive, Ver 7.1, October, 1990
    Zip 2.3 (November 29th 1999).
    zoo 2.1 $Date: 91/07/09 02:10:34 $

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  • From Gerald Miller@1:342/512 to andrew clarke on Sat Oct 26 10:09:51 2002
    Hello Andrew,

    On Saturday October 26 2002 at 16:21,
    Andrew Clarke [3:633/285.4] wrote to Gerald Miller,
    about: REDATE2.ZIP

    This is a list of the archiving utilities that I have on my hard
    drive. The vast majority are seldom used and too many are rather
    old - I just keep them around in the event that I should encounter
    a "strange archive type."

    ...

    There are probably more archiving programs that are not in the
    above list - I haven't been pursuing the gathering of new types of
    archivers lately.

    Here's what I've got ;-)

    [snip]

    Impressive. <vBg>

    Just to satisfy my curiosity, what OS(es) are you using?

    Cheers ... Gerald

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  • From Alexey Fayans@2:5030/1997.9 to andrew clarke on Sun Oct 27 02:08:40 2002
    hi there, andrew!

    it was 26.Oct.2002 16:21:08 when you wrote something to Gerald Miller...

    PKZIP(R) Version 5.00 FAST! Compression Utility for Windows

    hey, where have you got that? :)


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  • From andrew clarke@3:633/285.4 to Gerald Miller on Tue Oct 29 19:24:56 2002
    Sat 2002-10-26 09:09, Gerald Miller (1:342/512) wrote to andrew clarke:

    Just to satisfy my curiosity, what OS(es) are you using?

    Windows 2000, Windows 98SE & FreeBSD 4.5R.

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  • From andrew clarke@3:633/285.4 to Alexey Fayans on Tue Oct 29 19:25:18 2002
    Sun 2002-10-27 02:08, Alexey Fayans (2:5030/1997.9) wrote to andrew clarke:

    PKZIP(R) Version 5.00 FAST! Compression Utility for Windows

    hey, where have you got that? :)

    http://www.pkware.com/downloads/

    2002-06-30 5:01a 570,512 pkzipc.exe

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  • From BEN RITCHEY@1:393/68 to ANDREW CLARKE on Tue Oct 29 23:09:00 2002
    * An ongoing debate between Andrew Clarke and Gerald Miller rages on ...

    Just to satisfy my curiosity, what OS(es) are you using?
    AC: > Windows 2000, Windows 98SE & FreeBSD 4.5R.

    Hmmm...have you ever used one of the popular Linux distributions? If Yes, how does Linux compare to BSD? I D/L'd the FreeBSD v4.2 iso to CD but have not made the time to play around with same to date. :( I understand it's much more secure?

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  • From andrew clarke@3:633/285.4 to BEN RITCHEY on Thu Oct 31 08:08:26 2002
    Tue 2002-10-29 23:09, BEN RITCHEY (1:393/68) wrote to ANDREW CLARKE:

    Hmmm...have you ever used one of the popular Linux distributions? If
    Yes, how does Linux compare to BSD? I D/L'd the FreeBSD v4.2 iso
    to CD but have not made the time to play around with same to
    date. :( I understand it's much more secure?

    I've been using FreeBSD as a gateway (router/firewall) machine on my home network since 1998. Back then the Linux distributions weren't so well-rounded and there were some security issues where some distributions installed default services. These problems weren't really an issue with FreeBSD at the time. They're probably on a par now, security-wise, but I haven't used any of the recent Linux distros on a day-to-day basis though, so I really can't comment on
    them. FreeBSD is simple to configure and easy to use for the purpose I use it for, so I've got no reason to switch.

    Linux has better hardware support generally, but that doesn't bother me since my FreeBSD box sits headless and keyboardless in a closet. It also has slightly more software available to it, even though FreeBSD will run most Linux
    binaries (if you compile support for them into the kernel), eg. apparently Borland's Kylix won't run in FreeBSD's Linux compatibility mode for some reason. I haven't actually tested that theory. Binaries generated by Kylix should run on both though.

    My general feeling is to use FreeBSD for crucial networking operations, Linux if you want X Windows and support for lots of peripherals, and MS Windows if you have to. I've never been particularly fond of X Windows though. So it's just BSD + Win for me.

    Come to think of it, I'd rather run Mac OS X than Linux. Particularly as it's based on FreeBSD, so it's all familiar territory. Too bad I don't have a Mac that will run it. My newest Mac is 8 years old. %-)

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  • From BEN RITCHEY@1:393/68 to ANDREW CLARKE on Thu Oct 31 08:49:19 2002
    * An ongoing debate between Andrew Clarke and Ben Ritchey rages on ...

    AC: > They're probably on a par now, security-wise, but I haven't used any
    AC: > of the recent Linux distros on a day-to-day basis though, so I
    AC: > really can't comment on them.

    Good info, thanks. I use Linux (Mandrake) in an automated environment for Internet Client operations relating to FIDONet and Filegate, so I guess I'm relatively secure. My FTP client/server (Internet Rex) is bullet-proof. :)

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  • From andrew clarke@3:633/267 to BEN RITCHEY on Sat Nov 2 06:18:22 2002
    Thu 2002-10-31 08:49, BEN RITCHEY (1:393/68) wrote to ANDREW CLARKE:

    Good info, thanks. I use Linux (Mandrake) in an automated environment
    for Internet Client operations relating to FIDONet and Filegate, so
    I guess I'm relatively secure.

    The basic advice is usually to turn off any default services you don't need that are listed in /etc/inetd.conf. It may also help to set up a firewall so you can monitor the connections made to your server and filter out any unwanted
    traffic (both inbound and outbound).

    My FTP client/server (Internet Rex) is bullet-proof. :)

    The author may be a bit alarmed if they heard you say that! From memory IRex isn't open source so you should be particularly wary making assumptions about its level of security. Which isn't to say it isn't secure, of course...

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  • From BEN RITCHEY@1:393/68 to ANDREW CLARKE on Mon Nov 4 08:48:48 2002
    * An ongoing debate between Andrew Clarke and Ben Ritchey rages on ...

    AC: > The basic advice is usually to turn off any default services you don't
    AC: > need that are listed in /etc/inetd.conf. It may also help to set up a

    Exactly. I turned them all off <g>.

    My FTP client/server (Internet Rex) is bullet-proof. :)

    AC: > The author may be a bit alarmed if they heard you say that! From
    AC: > memory IRex isn't open source so you should be particularly wary
    AC: > making assumptions about its level of security. Which isn't to say it
    AC: > isn't secure, of course...

    It's survived buffer overflow attacks as well as raw hacking attempts. I glance at the logs daily to watch for those. :) The author responded to my security concerns by doing a review of his own software ... and I tested it. iRex is one of those "old" reliables you keep for good.

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