-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- About the KOH virus/program: I've receive two disassemblies of the program (but not the original source code yet; I haven't had a chance to try to contact the author). I'm not sure that either person who mailed me the disassembly wants to take credit for it, publically at least :-) so I'll just thank them here for their work, and answer questions in email (although one of the disassemblies includes an email address). One person indicated that KOH really isn't a virus at all, so maybe this can be answered by folks who know more about such matters than I do! Apparently the fast encryption method is indeed an XOR; other than that I haven't had a chance to look over the code. I am interested in the IDEA implementation that KOH includes. So, if you are interested in copies of the disassembly, let me know. I had one report that KOH locked up an 8088 PC from a tester (thanks!). I'd try to post something intelligent about the code but I just haven't looked at it enough to comment. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.3a iQCVAgUBLIV0DYOA7OpLWtYzAQFP0wP+KrWx2hlne9XRdwOi/3uL//6sy7Bus69U ZvBD7OVUTa9NQEjwlSRlUHEQq/WKnPVZwGhqXLMyIXz6A+DaMTt1NgsQ/RnbHNT0 I9tDUYnSOMA84LRYPP14ZFW+1tWdPtLFI3mOumVr/RyEhz7PJnkKdFVPoCZYWZd9 a9n3yF6YKV0= =X0M4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Karl L. Barrus: klbarrus@owlnet.rice.edu keyID: 5AD633 hash: D1 59 9D 48 72 E9 19 D5 3D F3 93 7E 81 B5 CC 32 "One man's mnemonic is another man's cryptography" - my compilers prof discussing file naming in public directories