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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   
      
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