Subj : [USN-7349-1] RAR vulnerabilities
To   : digimaus
From : TheCivvie
Date : Fri Mar 14 2025 10:03:49


Hello digimaus!

13 Mar 25 20:26, you wrote to me:

 SR>> I am also a registered user, but don't use it. Not even sure if
 SR>> the keyfile is used under Linux. Never knew that about info-zip

 di> Oh, it's the actual ZIP code by Phil Katz.  If anything, Info-ZIP is
 di> its original code based on reverse engineering ZIP packets.

 di> Here's one of the videos I watched on YT that explains how ZIP came to
 di> be and how the BBS community embraced it based on Katz's lies:
 di> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lu7sY1LOWiI

 di> I also did some fact-checking of my own and sadly, the video seems to
 di> be spot on.

That was very interesting. And such a sad end for Katz.

TheCivvie


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