I don't know about anyone else, and despite the fact that any amateur programmer knows that simply cycling through all the possible combinations for a password would "eventually" yeild access to the system, I have no interest in cracking Kevin's password. That would be rude!! Show some F'ing respect!
I do hope that the plex86 project continues...and will happily contribute as I can. Ideally, I hope that Kevin Lawton can continue his role as project leader, but I completely understand that his personal situation may not allow this. Alternatively, assuming that some other project leader were elected/appointed, I would hope that development continued along lines that would most directly, and equally, address the needs of the active developers, contributors, and testers of the software. I realize that I'm a new contributor to this forum, but I have experienced real-world successes using the Bochs project, and see the goals of this project as being a potentially enormous leap for open source software. I feel compelled to voice my opinion, as I feel I offer a unique perspective. Kendell On Wed, 5 Dec 2001, User1 wrote: > Someone may wish to send an email directly to Kevin at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] to ask for CVS write acess. > > Otherwise, how many people use this list? We could crack Kevin's password, > if we could round up enough people, e.g. 100, and if anyone knows the login > name. > > *snicker* > > Password cracking works by knowing the login and length of the password (the > length can be cycled through if it is not known; a minimum and maximum is > helpful) and then 'counting' through all possible characters. Assumptions > about all possible characters are usually: no space characters; first, > assume it has only lowercase letters; then try same thing again with and > numbers at the end; then same thing with numbers everywhere besides the end; > repeat with uppercasem mixed too; finally try '!' etc. and allow spaces. > > If the allowed characters were just 0 and 1 and the length were 3 then one > would do this: > > 000 > > Try that password. Then increment the rightmost character: > > 001 > > and again, until it 'overflows'. Then go left one character and repeat until > the whole thing has overflowed. Stop when the password that was tried works. > > *snicker* > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kevin Lawton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 2:08 PM > Subject: Re: [plex86] bochs 1.3 --> plex86? > > > > > > --- "Dr. Yasha Karant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Plex86 is a fine starting point. I am not a JD and have not > > > read the existing license in full detail -- is the existing > > > license GPL or FreeBSD or are there specific restrictive covenants? > > > > > > I ask this because Plex86 was being funded by a commercial vendor > > > until such time as Kevin was terminated, and Bochs was intended > > > as a part of Kevin's livelihood if I correctly recall previous emails > > > with him. > > > > Let's see, might as well do some wholesale answering. > > > > Plex86 is LGPL since we decided on a license in the > > beginning. Bochs has been LGPL'd for some time now. > > > > I still haven't decided what I want to do next. I plan > > to take as much time as needed. > > > > What else...yes Mandrake did fund me while I worked on Plex86. > > > > Bochs was previously a commercial license, but developed > > in the open. This did enable me to pay the rent while I > > worked on it, indeed a big help. People still contributed > > anyways. This licensing arrangement frustrated RMS > > who likes to see in B&W. But I have to hand it to > > many good people who helped, and who recognized shades > > of grey. > > > > Anyways, I'm working on neither at the moment. Back > > to my regularly scheduled program... > > > > > > -Kevin > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Buy the perfect holiday gifts at Yahoo! Shopping. > > http://shopping.yahoo.com > > > > >
