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From: dipto@umbc3.UMBC.EDU (Dipto Chakravarty)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.microport,comp.unix.i386,sci.crypt
Subject: Re: Decrypting Files Encrypted on Another Machine
Keywords: crypt portable
Message-ID: <1908@umbc3.UMBC.EDU>
Date: 13 Apr 89 23:12:08 GMT
References: <198@rancho.uucp> <4119@stiatl.UUCP> <621@pmafire.UUCP>
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>In article <198@rancho.uucp= rock@rancho.uucp (Rock Kent) writes:
>=I have been unsuccessful in taking files which have been encrypted on
>=an NCR Tower using crypt(1) and decrypting them on a microport Sys
>=V/386 system. 
>

Two things come into my mind immediately. First issue is about the 
nature in which integers are handled in crypt.c ; it could be a 
problem. Second point is about the 'dd' utility with its conv=swab 
i.e. swap bytes option. 

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