The resulting binary could (and mostly likely would?) be different, and so no one could tell whether or not we added anything to the source between the last known pre-compiled TrueCrypt 7.1a binaries and our own TrueCrypt 7.1a binaries, and thus no one would be able to say with certainty that we started our development precisely where TrueCrypt 7.1a left off. Alain -----Original Message----- From: ciphershed-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ciphershed-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kyle Marek Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2014 15:30 To: ciphershed@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ciphershed] Re: Compiling on Windows: Include Prereqs? On 06/12/2014 03:24 PM, Alain Forget wrote: I'm guessing because that's the compiler that was used for building TC originally. Basically, there's value in replicating the original build process as closely as possible before we start doing things differently. What would be so different if we used a newer compiler? ________________________________ At the time of sending this message, I have not been contacted by any government official or worker regarding my participation in CipherShed or any related project. I have not been asked to supply any information to them that may be used to impersonate me nor have I been asked to aid the government or it's officials or workers in modifying part of CipherShed or any related project. I am not aware of any of my property or anything regarding me being bugged, searched, or compromised in any way. Anything that accepts PGP encryption or signing should have been cryptographically secured with my PGP key.