Lucky Green writes:
Windows 95 is on a lot of people's hard drives. It is therefore public and available for every one's inspection. How many people do you know that have reverse engineered Windows 95. How many of those use a reverse engineered version. I'd venture it is zero out of zero.
Problems with this analogy: 1) Windows 95 is somewhat bigger than your typical encryption routine; 2) The factor of motivation isn't considered. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | Nobody's going to listen to you if you just | Mike McNally (m5@tivoli.com) | | stand there and flap your arms like a fish. | Tivoli Systems, Austin TX | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~