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Since most passwords are taped under the users desk drawer, ultimately
encryption is pretty pointless.

However I must confess that when transmitting data, I am inclined to
opt for 'roll your own' as one can come up with such a whacky method
that not even the NSA could decrypt it.

Example :-
    Key :-  Gone With The Wind  
    Method :- 
         Word :-   PageNo, LineNo, WordNo, 1
         Letter :-  PageNo, LineNo, WordNo, 0
         Start Page  :-  Random
         Duplication :-  Minimized by forward use only
   Scramble :-
         Zip with password
   Post Scramble :- 
          Reverse and Interleave

Effectively this is a one time pad, and is pretty much unbreakable.

For simplicity one could use *the same EXE* as the 'many time pad'   

On Fri, 17 Nov 2000 03:58:28 +0100, "Bj�rge S�ther"
<REMOVE_bsaether@THIS_online.no> wrote:

>"Sundial Services" <info@sundialservices.com> skrev i melding
>news:3A149202.77DA@sundialservices.com...
>> You need to encrypt the data.  This means scrambling the data in such
>a
>> way that it can only be recovered if you know the 'one and only one'
>key
>> that will decrypt it.  Without that key, the information is worthless.
>
>This is one of the most paradox-al facts about computers and security:
>- Whenever I get back to a customer a few years later, the very same old
>password is still valid. They may have installed firewalls or whatever,
>but don't care about whether I get drunk and tell anyone the admin
>password so that a crook has got all he needs...
>
>128 bit encryption, my a....;-)
>
>Part from that (which isn't your fault, anyway), a well written,
>informative tech-tip !
>
>A (little) tech tip on the very same topic: Whenever a key is to be
>checked, add (if possible) a noticeable delay, or use an algoritm that
>involves a *lot* of processing. if checking 1 key value takes 1 second,
>a hacker will only be able to test for 3600 keys / hour....
>I once created a password cracker for Paradox. Checking one password at
>a time was hopelessly slow. I seem to remember being able to check 200
>passwords in one pass, this speeded up a *lot*. Anyway, it was too slow
>to crack more than 5-char pwds...;-)
>--
>Bjoerge Saether
>Consultant / Developer
>Asker, Norway
>bsaether.removethis@online.no (remove the obvious)
>
>
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