RC5 contest news

Michael Bruck (micha@TeCNeT.DE)
Thu, 27 Feb 1997 03:11:45 +0100


As of Wed, 26 Feb 1997 21:39:00 GMT all binaries disappeared from
ftp.genx.net,
instead this README appeared:

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!!!!! Due to immature people SYN flooding participants in order to
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!!!!! obtain a higher rank on the stats pages, old TCP based clients
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!!!!! are being weeded out immediately. New UDP based clients with
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!!!!! extensive client-authentication features will be released here
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!!!!! in -BINARY FORMAT ONLY-.
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!!!!! If this nonsense continues, the contest will be shut down to
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!!!!! the public.
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!!!!! Binaries for as many platforms as we can gain access to will be
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!!!!! supported. If you need a binary which is not listed here, please
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!!!!! send electronic mail to rc5-56@genx.net.
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!!!!! Binaries for clients, as well as Proxies will be provided.
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see also their website http://zero.genx.net.