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- From: xnybpf01@serss0 (Brian P Feeny)
- Subject: Re: Unix compatible crypt utility needed
- Organization: Florida International University, Miami
- Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 16:06:17 GMT
- Message-ID: <BuKsqI.Mon@fiu.edu>
- Keywords: encryption
- References: <1992Aug26.123731.13604@exu.ericsson.se> <phil.714897700@adam.adelaide.edu.au>
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- In article <phil.714897700@adam.adelaide.edu.au> phil@adam.adelaide.edu.au (Phil Kernick) writes:
- >exukev@exu.ericsson.se (Kevin Autrey) writes:
- >
- >>I've got some files I've encrypted on a Unix workstation that I want
- >>to decrypt on my Amiga. They were encrypted using "crypt" on the Sun
- >>(which, I believe, uses the DES encryption scheme). Does any Amiga
- >>utility decrypt data encrypted with Unix's "crypt"?
- >
- >I think that you may not quite understand how crypt works.
- >
- >If they have been encrypted by DES then this is a one way algorithm, and
- >hence you can't get the text back.
- >
- >All you could do is encrypt another section of text and compare the crypted
- >version.
- >
- >
- >
- >Regs,
- >Phil.
- >
- >(Followups directed to sci.crypt)
- >
- >--
- > _-_|\ Phil Kernick E-Mail: phil@adam.adelaide.edu.au
- > / \ Departmental Engineer Phone: +61 8 228 5914
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- > v University of Adelaide Mail: GPO Box 498 Adelaide SA 5001
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-
- Yes, crypt is "bidirectional" and DES can be called a one way routine
- so to speak. But you can "decrypt" (if I may use that term :) ) the DES
- alogorithm on an Amiga. If anyone would like the program to do it, email me.
-
- Brian
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- Brian Feeny - Systems Programmer - UNIX System Security Specialist
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