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- From: gentrj@cii3116-01.its.rpi.edu (Ghost In The Machine)
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- Subject: Re: String Encryption
- Date: 25 Feb 1996 19:08:05 GMT
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- Matthias Dittrich (matti) wrote:
- : >Malcolm Smart (MALCOLM.SMART@CONOCO.DUPONT.COM) wrote:
- : >> Has anybody out there got any small routines that I can apply to strings
- : >> which will effectively encrypt them (and decrypt!). It's not a matter of
- : >> state security so it doesn't have to be that secure, just make it
- : >> unreadable.
-
- : You also can use the crypt() function (see man 3 crypt).
-
- I could be wrong here (so please correct me if I am), but isn't
- crypt() a one way encryption? I just checked man 3 crypt, and
- found this:
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- "The crypt and encrypt subroutines provide encryption of data.
- The crypt subroutine performs a one-way encryption of a fixed"
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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