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- Newsgroups: sci.crypt
- Subject: Re: Unix compatible crypt utility needed
- Message-ID: <jbickers.0dyf@templar.actrix.gen.nz>
- From: jbickers@templar.actrix.gen.nz (John Bickers)
- Date: 28 Aug 92 08:43:02 PST
- References: <1992Aug26.123731.13604@exu.ericsson.se> <phil.714897700@adam.adelaide.edu.au>
- Organization: TAP, NZAmigaUG
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- Quoted from <phil.714897700@adam.adelaide.edu.au> by phil@adam.adelaide.edu.au (Phil Kernick):
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- > If they have been encrypted by DES then this is a one way algorithm, and
- > hence you can't get the text back.
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- DES isn't a one-way function. You can get the data back if you
- know the key.
-
- > Phil.
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