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From: brooks@lll-crg.ARPA (Eugene D. Brooks III)
Newsgroups: net.crypt
Subject: Re: How secure is 'crypt'?
Message-ID: <566@lll-crg.ARPA>
Date: Sun, 5-May-85 00:58:24 EDT
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Posted: Sun May  5 00:58:24 1985
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> Can anyone tell me how secure 'crypt' is on a UNIX system?
> Lets assume that the password is secure and not obvious.
> Thanks,
> Bernd R.
> 
> Bernd 'bear-nd'            *** hooray for USENET ***
> (Not affiliated with, nor speaking for U.C. San Diego)
> UUCP: ...!ucbvax!sdcsvax!sdcc12!wa371,   ARPA: sdcsvax!sdcc12!wa371@nosc
I understand that there is unreleased program at Bell Labs that can
crack crypt in short order on a vax.  This is not surprising as crypt is
based on the enigma that was cracked before the days of computers.

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