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- From: mcglough@glas.rtsg.mot.com (Mark McGloughlin)
- Subject: Re: ROT13 Encryption
- Message-ID: <1992Sep9.111250.12421@glas.rtsg.mot.com>
- Organization: Motorola Ireland Ltd., Cork, Ireland.
- References: <139@rd821.UUCP>
- Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 11:12:50 GMT
- Lines: 44
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- a036450@rd821.UUCP (Bob Goldrich) writes:
-
- >Could someone give me the basics on ROT13 encryption. Is there
- >source code available anywhere? If so, where?
-
- ROT13 encryption is an oxymoron.
-
- The basics of rot13 is just to transpose each letter 13 letters
- forward/backward. If the character is not a letter it is left
- unchanged.
-
- Source code ??? Hmmm...
-
- How about:
-
- tr A-Za-z N-ZA-Mn-za-m
-
- ??
-
- Example:
-
- n036450@eq821.HHPC (Obo Tbyqevpu) jevgrf:
-
- >Pbhyq fbzrbar tvir zr gur onfvpf ba EBG13 rapelcgvba. Vf gurer
- >fbhepr pbqr ninvynoyr naljurer? Vs fb, jurer?
-
- EBG13 rapelcgvba vf na bklzbeba.
-
- Gur onfvpf bs ebg13 vf whfg gb genafcbfr rnpu yrggre 13 yrggref
- sbejneq/onpxjneq. Vs gur punenpgre vf abg n yrggre vg vf yrsg
- hapunatrq.
-
- Fbhepr pbqr ??? Uzzz...
-
- Ubj nobhg:
-
- ge N-Mn-m A-MN-Za-mn-z
-
- ??
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