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|    Andrew Leary to Kees van Eeten    |
|    Makenl and bad segments...    |
|    01 Jan 15 12:19:28    |
      Hello Kees!              Thursday January 01 2015 11:58, Kees van Eeten wrote to Andrew Leary:               AL>> Good. I have not been able to reproduce the circumstances that        AL>> led to the corrupted segment file. However, I am looking at the        AL>> logic for handling update files, to ensure that the segment in        AL>> the master directory is not overwritten until the update is        AL>> validated as correct.               KvE> Although I applaud that the update is validated, be aware that that        KvE> requires that the update is generated by makenl. Some RC's collate        KvE> their segement by other means and do not provide a valid CRC in the        KvE> first line.              By validated as correct, I mean processed without error. ie: no duplicate       numbers, invalid baud rates, phone numbers with too few parts, etc. MakeNL       does not require segments to have CRC entries in the first line. I am       considering adding FSC-0055 (password protected updates) support to MakeNL,       and while I'm in there it's probably worth checking the CRC value if present,       and rejecting the file if either the CRC or password doesn't match.              Andrew              ---        * Origin: Bits & Bytes BBS * V.Everything! * 860/535-4284 (1:320/119)    |
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