Frequently Asked Questions
About the Contest
- Question: How to mention or cite the ``DPA contest'' in a publication?
Answer: use the permanent link https:/dpacontest.telecom-paris.fr,
and this reference if you refer to the DES architecture.
About the Reference Implementation
- Problem with the subversion check-out:
We are afraid the HTTPS certificate has just expired;
however, you can trust it for a few days.
In the meantime, here is the command to use:
$ svn co --username guest --password guest --no-auth-cache https://svn.comelec.enst.fr/dpacontest
Error validating server certificate for 'https://svn.comelec.enst.fr:443':
- The certificate is not issued by a trusted authority. Use the fingerprint to validate the certificate manually!
- The certificate has expired.
Certificate information:
- Hostname: *.comelec.enst.fr
- Valid: from Thu, 23 Sep 2004 12:07:51 GMT until Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:07:51 GMT
- Issuer: CA, Ecole nationale superieure des telecommunications, Paris, Paris, FR
- Fingerprint: e7:49:dc:9b:6c:0b:94:2d:ca:b7:e5:89:3a:d9:a3:a7:cd:34:1b:e4
(R)eject or accept (t)emporarily? t
and everything goes fine.
Problems with the installation of pyPgSQL from source:
- Build process (python setup.py build) failures:
-
We have been reported a platform-dependant bug in the header libpqmodule.h.
The lines 29 & 30 might need to be changed from:
#include <libpq-fe.h>
#include <libpq/libpq-fs.h>
to:
#include <postgresql/libpq-fe.h>
#include <postgresql/libpq/libpq-fs.h>
- Local installation how-to:
-
Use the option --prefix=<DIR> after the command `python setup.py build' to install the package into <DIR>.
For more details about this syntax, you can type `python setup.py build --help'.
After that, you also need to say something like (syntax for sh-compliant shells):
export PYTHONPATH=${PYTHONPATH}:<DIR>/lib.linux-x86_64-2.4
for python to be acquainted where to find the module.
