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Re: Is crypt(1) a prohibited export?
At 12:31 AM 4/10/96 -0700, Chris McAuliffe wrote:
>The man page is a bit dated:
> crypt implements a one-rotor machine designed along the lines of the
> German Enigma, but with a 256-element rotor. Methods of attack on
> such machines are known, but not widely; moreover the amount of work
> required is likely to be large.
>
>Clearly written before CBW became popular.
What they are not telling you is the "large amount of work" is to get CBW to
*compile*, not to break crypt(1). (Crypt Breakers Workbench uses some
obsolete calls. I do not know of an existing updated version, but that does
not mean one does not exist...)
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