Need some Advice

Hello All
 My question is what is the diff. between a Software Eng. & Computer Sci.
degree. Some of my profs say that they don't know of any schools offer
a BS in Software Eng.  If that is the case then why do people use that
term? Or is it a Masters degree or something like that?
 I also would like to thank Eric Hughes for replying to my early question
on Q&A a dos database problem. His basic steps solved the problem in less
30 min. By the way the algorithm used very lame.
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 I would like a little more info on the debugger method. 

 Has anyone the address to MircoSystems Management magazine, I need the 
April 93 issue, but unable to find it local.

	Thanks in advance.
				Red :)  <on..........................
 				<ornts188@ksuvxb.kent.edu>  typo above

> I also would like to thank Eric Hughes for replying to my early question
>on Q&A a dos database problem. His basic steps solved the problem in less
>30 min. By the way the algorithm used very lame.
> abs(ascii character - 255)

Now that you've figured out how, could you write the method up in more
detail?  Please include facts like the location of the password inside
the database files, the version of Q&A you tested, etc.  I'll put it
up for ftp when you're done.

Share the work so that others can look at it.

The password was encrypted on a character-by-character basis?  Some
people really are foolish, either the ones who wrote the software
thinking it was secure, or the ones who pay the ones who wrote the
software to recover lost passwords.  Any encryption that allows
passwords to be recovered should not be called encryption; it should
be called snake oil.

> I would like a little more info on the debugger method. 

Got a program?  You've got my email address.

Eric

Excerpts from cypherpunks: 28-Apr-93 Need some Advice by "Robert D
Shofner"@vax1.cc.uakron.edu
>  My question is what is the diff. between a Software Eng. & Computer Sci.
> degree. Some of my profs say that they don't know of any schools offer
> a BS in Software Eng.  If that is the case then why do people use that
> term? Or is it a Masters degree or something like that?

Well, I'm not too sure what this has to do with cypherpunking, but here goes:

The difference between Software Engineering and Computer Science is sort
of like the difference between Differential Equations and Mathematics. 
SoftEng is a subset of CompSci.  I don't believe there are any schools
that offer SoftEng as a BS degree - very few schools even offer an
undergrad-level SoftEng course, Carnegie Mellon University (we're ranked
second in CompSci overall) being a notable exception.  We offer a
Masters degree in SoftEng, and even have a program set up that allows a
student to achieve a BS in CompSci and a MS in SoftEng in five years. 
[However, squeezing both those degree programs into a 5-year period
would probably kill most ordinary mortals.  I don't recommend this
program, as lots of people have a hard time fitting the BS into
four-and-a-half :) years.  We're a tough school...]

Not a University Spokescritter, but I play one on the net,
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