From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FORGED_HOTMAIL_RCVD2, FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: a07f3367d7,fef40c7c6b003852 X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,public,usenet X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Received: by 10.224.207.197 with SMTP id fz5mr2160135qab.3.1347709114038; Sat, 15 Sep 2012 04:38:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.52.35.104 with SMTP id g8mr238934vdj.19.1347709114011; Sat, 15 Sep 2012 04:38:34 -0700 (PDT) Path: da15ni55818832qab.0!nntp.google.com!v8no3639568qap.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2012 04:38:33 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <50545526$0$21224$ba4acef3@reader.news.orange.fr> Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=31.52.181.203; posting-account=pmkN8QoAAAAtIhXRUfydb0SCISnwaeyg NNTP-Posting-Host: 31.52.181.203 References: <7c39a531-1058-42de-9e56-f03f2b9f92dc@googlegroups.com> <50545526$0$21224$ba4acef3@reader.news.orange.fr> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <1dc13f16-a869-451d-9027-cf78c162998f@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Time Stamping Again. From: Austin Obyrne Injection-Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2012 11:38:34 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: 2012-09-15T04:38:33-07:00 List-Id: On Saturday, September 15, 2012 11:15:44 AM UTC+1, Pascal Obry wrote: > I've not followed all the discussion and I don't have time to track all t= his tread, sorry. It just looks like time-stamp is not what you want to me.= If you want to ensure that the source code used to compile such or such .o= has not been changed and is properly identified why not use a proper signa= ture (MD5 or even better SHA-1)? Will this fulfill your needs? Pascal. -- -= -|------------------------------------------------------ --| Pascal Obry Te= am-Ada Member --| 45, rue Gabriel Peri - 78114 Magny Les Hameaux FRANCE --|= ------------------------------------------------------ --| http://www.obry.= net - http://v2p.fr.eu.org --| "The best way to travel is by means of imagi= nation" --| --| gpg --keyserver keys.gnupg.net --recv-key F949BD3B This is not so much solving a problem per se as using a handy resource that= is going begging in every compiler - a solution waiting for a problem. There are lots more conditions in a non-repudiation scheme that do what you= say adequately when met. To me this is more a passing curio that seems to be going unnoticed by many= users of language compilers.=20 It has been put there for a purpose no doubt and I speculate on at least on= e good use to which it may be put ! Cheers - adacrypt