[plug] Easymail
David Buddrige
buddrige at q-net.net.au
Thu Mar 18 19:46:05 WST 1999
Tony Langdon wrote:
> da> 2. Harder solution. See if we can reverse engineer the thing
> da> (decompile or whatever) in order to figure out the protocol (I expect
> da> it wouldn't be too much different to a standard pop protocol (may have
> da> some odd tweaks here-and-there).
>
> Might have to be careful for legal reasons. I don't know what the law
> says in relation to reverse engineering,
I understand that in the USA it's perfectly legal, and there is a bill being
presented to Parliament at present that will ensure that Australian Copyright
Law does not make it illegal either.
> Of course, with networked applications, there's always the option of
> protocol analysis, and no sneaking a peek at the code. :-)
I am thinking that's probably the easiest option.
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