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by Martoon
Tue Dec 13, 2005 5:53 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Wolfmame feature req. - custom encryption key entry
Replies: 6
Views: 1930

well in the pre woflmame days, we (barry) tried to make some of it private; then some "outsider" people got mad and hacked the assembly code and posted the source publically anyway :) so now it's pretty much open on the site where you can download wolfmame. Sorry to hear that. :( I'm a bi...
by Martoon
Tue Dec 13, 2005 5:33 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Wolfmame feature req. - custom encryption key entry
Replies: 6
Views: 1930

You're right it would be beneficial to have a signature in wolfmame. and wolfmame is close to the securest thing we can do (having the open source requirement in there doesn't help). Though there's another con against the signature: there's not a whole lot of room in the mame header. So we'd have t...
by Martoon
Tue Dec 13, 2005 2:24 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Wolfmame feature req. - custom encryption key entry
Replies: 6
Views: 1930

this is a good idea but it's not as secure as you think. You can make a recording now and then re-record the pre done INP with the key after the tourney starts if you had the wolfmame source. The only method for securing the tournament games is not knowing the games before the tourney (or bonus gam...
by Martoon
Tue Dec 13, 2005 10:21 am
Forum: General
Topic: Wolfmame feature req. - custom encryption key entry
Replies: 6
Views: 1930

Wolfmame feature req. - custom encryption key entry

Just a feature that I think would be nice. Before you record your input, you could enter a key (a plain ASCII string). This would be used as an encryption key in the recording (on top of the usual super-secret Wolfmame encryption). When the recording is played back, the encryption key used would be ...