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- From: iac!simpson@uunet.uu.net (Scott Simpson)
- Newsgroups: comp.security.misc
- Subject: Re: Why doesn't Sun provide the Crypt program in their OS?
- Keywords: crypt
- Message-ID: <921@iac.uunet.uu.net>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 18:04:42 GMT
- References: <1jjocqINNn4i@menudo.uh.edu>
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- Organization: Investment Technology Group, Culver City, CA
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- In article <1jjocqINNn4i@menudo.uh.edu> pleticha@casc.math.uh.edu (Dennis Pleticha) writes:
- >I've been trying to find out why I can't get the crypt application
- >directly from Sun for months now. All I want to do is encrypt a file
- >with a password for safe keeping and transmitting over unsecure
- >networks. The libraries are there and I suppose I could write a
-
- You're better off using des to encrypt your files. The crypt command
- is very insecure. The Crypt Breakers Workbench (cbw) easily decrypts
- the thing in a few minutes. Use des.
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- Scott Simpson, Investment Technology Group, iac!simpson@uunet.uu.net
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