From 5de61903e45fe968f9c7cfdceeb3c4635419b9ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: rswindell <>
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 16:06:01 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Added 32-bit CRCs for version and copyright strings to defeat
the lame-o hex0rs.
---
src/sbbs3/main.cpp | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/src/sbbs3/main.cpp b/src/sbbs3/main.cpp
index 9f36804980..26eddeffc7 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/main.cpp
+++ b/src/sbbs3/main.cpp
@@ -2971,6 +2971,14 @@ void DLLCALL bbs_thread(void* arg)
status("Initializing");
+ /* Defeat the lameo hex0rs - the name and copyright must remain intact */
+ sprintf(str,"%.10s",VERSION_NOTICE);
+ if(crc32(COPYRIGHT_NOTICE,0)!=COPYRIGHT_CRC || crc32(str,0)!=SYNCHRONET_CRC) {
+ lprintf("!Corrupted library file");
+ cleanup(1);
+ return;
+ }
+
#ifdef __unix__ /* Ignore "Broken Pipe" signal */
signal(SIGPIPE,SIG_IGN);
#endif
--
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