( ESNUG 315 Item 4 ) ---------------------------------------------- [3/24/99]
Subject: ( ESNUG 313 #2 ) VCS Encryption Bug -- Did Someone Win $75,000 ?
> VCS Encryption Bug
>
> VCS 4.2.2 and VCS 5.0.1 contain a number of bug fixes, including a fix for
> a source encryption bug which could compromise the security of an
> encrypted model under certain unusual circumstances. This situation could
> only arise in the 4.2, 4.2.1 or 5.0 versions of the product.
> Corresponding versions of VCSi could also exhibit the same problem. ....
From: "Doss, Bill" <Bill.Doss@COMPAQ.com>
John,
Does this mean someone won the $75,000 Humvee Jeep that Synopsys was
offering last year? Refer to ESNUG 287 Item 5.
> Subject: The Crack VMC And Win A $75,000 Humvee Contest
>
> John, I noticed that you are one of the vmc contest officials. You know
> as well as I do that this is a sucker's bet. There is no way to extract
> the design from a VMC model and if anything I would be the only one that
> could even get close to extracting any sort of information that even
> resembled the design. So I guess synopsys will not be giving away that
> humvee. Darn.. and I wanted to get to my house in the santa cruz
> mountains!! Have a good one,
>
> - [ Chicken Man ]
Did [ Chicken Man ] crack the Synopsys encryption scheme?
- Bill Doss,
EDA Tools Manager,
Compaq Computer Corporation
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