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  • From: Bob Kline <bkline AT rksystems.com>
  • To: TDS Development Group <freetds AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Judge Jackson sees a future for Microsoft(s) (fwd)
  • Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2000 10:02:15 -0400 (EDT)


On Sat, 10 Jun 2000, Scott C. Gray wrote:

>
> I mentioned this in the list a while back, but no-one replied...
>
> There is a tool, freely available from Sybase's web site, called
> Ribo (named after the developer's dog). Ribo sniffs TDS and dumps
> its contents in human readable for (i.e. translating the bytes to
> human strings). I scoured the download for anything resembling a
> license and there isn't any. IAMNAL (I Am Not A Lawyer), but as far
> as I can tell, this should be sufficient to reverse engineer 95% of
> TDS 5.0 without violating any confidentiality agreements. Any
> thoughts?

Have a link? A search of the Sybase web site didn't unearth it.

--
Bob Kline
mailto:bkline AT rksystems.com
http://www.rksystems.com





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