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From: brooks@lll-crg.llnl.gov (Eugene D. Brooks III)
Newsgroups: alt.sources
Subject: Re: Encrypt
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Date: 9 Apr 88 23:13:48 GMT
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In article <947@ddsw1.UUCP> karl@ddsw1.UUCP (Karl Denninger) writes:
>Just a quick note:
>	The 'encrypt' challenge has been solved (rather easily due to a bug 
>	in the code), the winner will, of course, receive their prize, and 
>	there will be another soon (with the bug fixed!)...
I wouldn't bother fixing the bug, the encryption program as noted by Jim
is still easily cracked with little effort.  For a REAL education, post
a challenge to crack the DES standard algorithm with say a few screenfulls
of english text and a key of your choice.  The people from rand might want
to wait a good while before telly you they have cracked it, so you can't
really find out how quickly they did the job.  Needless to say they won't
tell you their favorite methods of attack.