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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: Re: Int. Sys V crypt() algorithm
Message-ID: <5684@utzoo.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 7-Jun-85 13:12:55 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun  7 13:12:55 1985
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> My System V manual says:
> "Crypt implements a one-rotor machine designed along the lines of the
> German Enigma, but with a 256-element rotor."
> 
> This says to me that the old Crypt algorithm was not based on DES.

You are reading crypt(1).  He is talking about crypt(3).  Different code,
different uses, different encryption algorithms.
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				Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
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