Lan Barnes wrote:
> On Fri, July 18, 2008 8:44 pm, James G. Sack (jim) wrote:
>> In any case, I can think of something else to observe: embedded labels
>> can not really be used to verify files -- you need a real hash
>> authentication mechanism to do that, eh? But that wasn't the question
>> here, I don't think ..so.. nevermind. :-)

..

> No, they work, Jim, thanks to strings

Sorry for ambiguities, I was trying to say that the embedded strings
don't really guarantee authenticity of the file -- thinking of malicious
modifications or even simply re-compiles that change the object code
without changing the embedded keyword.

Regards,
..jim


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