Re: NYT on Netscape Crack

[Thomas Grant Edwards <tedwards@Glue.umd.edu>]

On Mon, 18 Sep 1995, Perry E. Metzger wrote:

> Not, of course, that they disclosed it before -- it was found by
> reverse engineering the distributed executable. Not, of course, that
> they have a choice in the matter of whether to disclose it -- they
> will be "disclosing" how its done as soon as they release the
> code. Not, of course, that security through obscurity does any good --
> it just magnifies the pain.

Well, now that Cypherpunks have again shown yet another hole in Netscape 
security, I think we are one pretty good standing to demand

   ACCESS TO SOURCE CODE FOR NETSCAPE,

so we can work to help make Netscape "pretty good".  Any reporters 
listening?  

-Thomas