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From: ferry@chorus.fr (Ferry de Jong)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps,alt.security
Subject: Re: Word Perfect "locked document encryption" is trivial to break
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Date: 30 Aug 90 17:08:18 GMT
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From article <6125@chorus.fr>, by ferry@chorus.fr (Ferry de Jong):

>                                    (Only restrictions: the length of the
>  password has to be at least 1/5 of the document text. WP V4.1 and WP5.?)
                         ^^^^^
Sorry little mistake. The restriction is that the password has to be SMALLER
then 20% of the text. If it is longer the program can't guarantee for a 100%
the password is correct. But after all in most cases it still produces the
correct password.

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