Subj : Makenl and bad segments...
To   : Kees van Eeten
From : Andrew Leary
Date : Thu Jan 01 2015 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)

.