| Re: Stars file decryption / decoding... where do we go from here? |
Mon, 06 October 2008 18:08   |
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 russl5445 |
 | Crewman 3rd Class |
Messages: 5
Registered: September 2008
Location: Tucson, AZ | |
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I'm new to the AutoHost forums, but I've been in r.c.g.s for ages.
Wumpus, I'm really jealous of you for figuring this out. I knew that the encryption was an XOR pattern, but I didn't know asm well enough to figure out how Stars! was generating the pattern.
A recommendation: one thing that can be done openly is that we can generate a list of tests that need to be run. Just iterating through all of the possibilties is by itself quite a bit of work. This would allow the cadre of folks with access to the code to focus on the code, instead of the list of things to do.
I know that it sounds pointless, but we have to generate formal test plans for every project, and I can tell you that the work is both tedious and time consuming.
Plus, it would get public interest in the checker.  Appoint a moderator (he receives all of the requests, removes duplicates, and maintains the list of tests), and the coders can periodically post updates: 89/305 tests coded so far!
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