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Date: Fri, 29 Jan 93 12:41:33 PST
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Reply-To: <surfpunk@osc.versant.com>
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Message-ID: <surfpunk-0040@SURFPUNK.Technical.Journal>
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From: surfpunk@osc.versant.com (crargengvba ol gur Zneirybhf)
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To: surfpunk@osc.versant.com (SURFPUNK Technical Journal)
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Subject: [surfpunk-0040] CRYPT: [gnu@toad.com] SunExpress to expand "unlockable" software distribution
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Keywords: surfpunk, SunExpress, unlockable software, sunsoft catalyst cdware
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+ + The TAZ is "utopian" in the sense that it
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+ envisions an *intensification* of everyday life,
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+ or as the Surrealists might have said, life's
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+ penetration by the Marvelous.
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+ -- hakim bey
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+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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John Gilmore (one of the first employees of Sun) challenges
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your cryptanalytic abilities for a public service.
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--strick
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________________________________________________________________________
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________________________________________________________________________
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From: gnu@toad.com (John Gilmore)
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Message-Id: <9301270936.AA24007@toad.com>
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To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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Subject: SunExpress to expand "unlockable" software distribution
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Date: Wed, 27 Jan 93 01:36:11 -0800
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It would probably be a public service if some interested parties were
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to determine the ``encryption'' method that Sun Express, the standard
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Sun ``license manager'', and other packages use. At the moment, the
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details of these technologies are not described in the public
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literature (as far as I know).
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Rather than have these companies discover years too late that their
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"unlockable" software is really unlockable by anyone who understands
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cryptography, it'd be better for them to learn it this year, while
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they are still handling low volumes of programs that way. Also maybe
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they will stop dumping these programs-that-you-have-but-must-pay-to-run on us.
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John
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The Florida SunFlash
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SunExpress Unveils One-Stop Shopping From the Desktop
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SunFLASH Vol 49 #21 January 1993
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New CD-ROM and facsimile services
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make it easier than ever to select and purchase products
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CHELMSFORD, Mass. --January 26, 1993-- SunExpress, a subsidiary of
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workstation industry leader Sun Microsystems, Inc., today announced two
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new customer services which simplify information retrieval and product
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ordering. FaxInfo(SM), which allows SunExpress customers to access
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product information and order product through their fax machine, is
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available now. A second program will allow SunExpress customers to
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"unlock" software applications directly from SunSoft's Catalyst
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CDware(TM), the most widely-distributed demo CD for users of the
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UNIX(R) operating system. The CD-ROM program is being implemented in
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twenty customer sites on a trial basis and will be generally available
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later this year with Catalyst CDware Volume 5.0.
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The integration of these technologies, coupled with other electronic
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ordering innovations planned for release later in 1993, will allow
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SunExpress to process orders more efficiently and provide a higher
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level of customer satisfaction. Eventually, these process innovations
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will result in drastically fewer written orders, smaller inventories,
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less postage, phone and freight costs, resulting in reduced costs for
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SunExpress customers.
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"SunExpress is committed to providing its customers with leading-edge
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technologies that will make it easier than ever for them to select and
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purchase products. The new programs announced today are just the
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beginning," said Dorothy Terrell, president of SunExpress. "In the
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near future, our customers will be able to browse through full color
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on-line catalogs, watch video demonstrations and try out software all
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without leaving their workstation."
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FaxInfo
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The FaxInfo program allows SunExpress customers to access detailed
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product information about catalog offerings within minutes. By calling
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into the regular SunExpress ordering and information number
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(800-USE-SUNX), customers can access FaxInfo and have technical data
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sheets faxed back to the location of their choice by using the
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touch-tone keypad on their phone. SunExpress maintains up-to-date
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datasheets on all of the products that it offers and makes revisions to
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product specs as they are made available.
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SunExpress joins with SunSoft's Catalyst CDware Program
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Sun(TM) workstation users currently have access to SunSoft's Catalyst
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CDware program which allows them to run demo versions of a range of
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UNIX software applications from several major ISV's and decide whether
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it is something they would like to buy. With SunExpress' participation
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in the program, interested customers can purchase and obtain a
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fully-functional version of their chosen software -- all in one
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toll-free phone call.
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Currently this program is being tried out at twenty customer sites with
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limited software product offerings including: Clarity's Rapport(TM),
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and Ta-Dah!(TM) and SimCity(TM) from Dux Software. The program is
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targeted for full implementation with many more titles this summer, and
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will be attractive to ISVs who are already marketing their product
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through Catalyst CDware from SunSoft. Catalyst CDware currently
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carries 73 product presentations from 54 different vendors.
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"We feel that this service from SunExpress can only enhance the
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effectiveness and impact of our Catalyst CDware program," said Peter
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Schakow, Manager of CD programs at SunSoft. "We look forward to
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providing this added service to our Catalyst CDware partners."
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ISVs are interested in the SunExpress distribution strategy as a new
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sales channel. "This program will greatly facilitate our marketing
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efforts into the Sun installed base," said Bob Adams of DUX Software.
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"In addition to assisting with new product sales, it will be extremely
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useful and cost effective for distributing product enhancements and
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upgrades."
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SunExpress, a subsidiary of Sun Microsystems, Inc. provides customers
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with easy access to a wide range of Sun and innovative 3rd party
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products at low competitive prices and same day shipping. SunExpress
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supports SPARC(R), Solaris(R), and other computing environments based
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on the UNIX operating system. The company offers a 30-day no fault
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return policy and is currently serving customers in the United States,
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Europe and Japan. SunExpress can be reached at 1 (800) USE-SUNX and is
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headquartered in Chelmsford, MA.
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Press Contact:
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Hi-Tech Communications
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Mark Lederhos (508) 251-8278
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Kathryn Lang (415) 904-7000 x204
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Sun
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Lisa Ganier (415) 336-5637.
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++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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For information send mail to info-sunflash@Sun.COM.
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Subscription requests should be sent to sunflash-request@Sun.COM.
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Archives are on solar.nova.edu, uunet.uu.net, sunsite.unc.edu,
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src.doc.ic.ac.uk and ftp.adelaide.edu.au
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All prices, availability, and other statements relating to Sun or third
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party products are valid in the U.S. only. Please contact your local
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Sales Representative for details of pricing and product availability in
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your region. Descriptions of, or references to products or publications
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within SunFlash does not imply an endorsement of that product or
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publication by Sun Microsystems.
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John McLaughlin, SunFlash editor, flash@Sun.COM. (305) 776-7770.
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________________________________________________________________________
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The SURFPUNK Technical Journal is a dangerous multinational hacker zine
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originating near BARRNET in the fashionable western arm of the northern
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California matrix. Quantum Californians appear in one of two states,
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spin surf or spin punk. Undetected, we are both, or might be neither.
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________________________________________________________________________
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Send postings to <surfpunk@osc.versant.com>, subscription requests
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to <surfpunk-request@osc.versant.com>. MIME encouraged.
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Xanalogical archive access soon. Chaos theory predicts it.
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DES(1) USER COMMANDS DES(1)
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BUGS
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It would be better to use a real 56-bit key rather than
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an ASCII-based 56-bit pattern. Knowing that the key
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was derived from ASCII radically reduces the time
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necessary for a brute-force cryptographic attack.
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Sun Release 4.1 Last change: 9 September 1987 3
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