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- From: palmer@icat.larc.nasa.gov (Michael T. Palmer)
- Newsgroups: sci.crypt
- Subject: Re: Here's a challenge
- Date: 11 Jan 93 17:46:22 GMT
- Organization: NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA USA
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- Message-ID: <palmer.726774382@news.larc.nasa.gov>
- References: <1993Jan11.021259.10637jp@tygra.Michigan.COM> <4175@randvax.rand.org> <palmer.726764309@news.larc.nasa.gov>
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- palmer@icat.larc.nasa.gov (Michael T. Palmer) writes:
-
- >jim@rand.org (Jim Gillogly) writes:
-
- >>In article <1993Jan11.021259.10637jp@tygra.Michigan.COM> jp@tygra.Michigan.COM (John Palmer) writes:
- >>>I want to check out some components of an encryption system that I'm
- >>>using and would like to see if anyone can crack this encrypted file.
- >>>Only hint is that its text of some kind. I've uuencoded it.
- >>>
- >>>[encrypted text deleted]
-
- >>[decrypted text deleted]
- >>Hope this answers your question about the security of that particular
- >>component. :)
-
- >Hmmm, well, I guess that takes care of my previous post about this. It
- >must have simple enough to not take much effort.
-
- Apologies to Jim Gillogly for my assumption of simplicity of the cipher.
- When things happen that fast, it's easy to say that it couldn't have taken
- much effort... when in fact, it may have been a brilliant insight on his
- part.
-
- Now, just what does that conversation say, anyway? Any speakers of Italian
- out there?
-
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