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From: seanf@sco.COM (Sean Eric Fagan)
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Subject: Re: SCO doesn't sell UNIX
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Date: 28 Dec 90 19:47:24 GMT
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In article <18809@rpp386.cactus.org> jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F Haugh II) writes:
>UNIX standard encryption routines are so weak as to be laughable.
>[...]
>Get a copy of Crypt Breakers Workbench and see just how
>secure that crypt command is.

These are two different things.  The crypt *command* is *not* DES, while the
encrypt *routine* is.  There is a big difference between breaking the
command and breaking the routine.  vi -x used to let you edit encrypted
files; I don't know if anyone supports it anymore (there are, of course,
problems sending such a vi out of the country, thanks to the DoC).

If you've got a nice way to break DES, post it to the world... 8-)

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