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From: hofbauer@utcsri.UUCP (John Hofbauer)
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Subject: classification of crypt
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Date: Sun, 31-Mar-85 23:28:31 EST
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Posted: Sun Mar 31 23:28:31 1985
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The classification of crypt is ironic, especially in light of
the paper "File Security and the UNIX System Crypt Command" by
J.A. Reeds and P.J. Weinberger, BLTJ, vol. 63, no. 8, part 2,
October 1984, which states, according to its abstract, that
"sufficiently large files encrypted with crypt can be deciphered
in a few hours by algebraic techniques and human interaction.
We outline such a decryption method and show it to be applicable
to a proposed stengthened algorithm as well. We also discuss the
role of encryption in file security."

One bright spot though, the paper hasn't been classified. I
ordered a copy of the journal and received it intact. Nobody
had taken a razor to it and I live in Canada! Wait, I hear a
knock at the door. Well, if it isn't Dudley Doright of the
RCMP...
				See you later, I hope...