dalegass@dalcs.UUCP (05/03/87)
Could someone please send me, or tell me where I could get, the source for an encryption/decryption program similar to the unix 'crypt' command? One that does encode and decode with the same command/password would be preferred. Thanx, dalegass@dalcs.uucp
kurt@hi.UUCP (Kurt Zeilenga) (05/03/87)
In article <2552@dalcs.UUCP> dalegass@dalcs.UUCP (Dale Gass) writes: >Could someone please send me, or tell me where I could get, the source for >an encryption/decryption program similar to the unix 'crypt' command? One >that does encode and decode with the same command/password would be preferred. > >Thanx, > >dalegass@dalcs.uucp Do DES encryption export laws apply to Canada? -- Kurt Zeilenga (zeilenga@hc.dspo.gov) "So long, Mom, I'm off to drop the bomb..."
peter@caset.UUCP (05/11/87)
> > Do DES encryption export laws apply to Canada? > > -- > Kurt Zeilenga (zeilenga@hc.dspo.gov) Despite my belief that DES software may be exported anyware ( Its openly published) its irrelevent to the Unix crypt COMMAND. The crypt command does not use DES but rather a modification of the enigma algorithm used by the Germans and others in WWII. For a nice method of cracking the crypt command see the January Issue of Cryptologia. The unix crypt (3C) library routine on the other hand uses a slightly modified version of the DES. This modification keeps it from passing any DES validation test, so while similar its not really DES either. But its close enough. Peter Collins (..arizona!caset!peter)