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Article #638Re: hill: how secure?
From: David Vincenzetti
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 16:34
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 16:34
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In <19qmcfINN3jp@nestroy.wu-wien.ac.at> bruhn@uxe.wu-wien.ac.at (Peter Bruhn) writes: >I am new to this group, so I hope my question is appropriate: How secure >is the (Unix)program "hill"? What are the chances that someone can decrypt >my hill-texts? > >Any comments are appreciated > >Thanks > >Peter (bruhn@uxe.wu-wien.ac.at) The hill program is very weak. I suggest you use DES instead. Ciao, David -- David Vincenzetti -*- System Administrator and C Programmer Dip. di Scienze dell'Informazione, Internet: vince@ghost.dsi.unimi.it V. Comelico 41, I-20133, Milano, Italy Phone : +39 2 55006 392 **PGP public key available by finger** Fax : +39 2 55006 373
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Newsgroups: comp.security.misc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!ferkel.ucsb.edu!taco!gatech!darwin.sura.net!spool.mu.edu!caen!batcomputer!ghost.dsi.unimi.it!vince From: vince@ghost.dsi.unimi.it (David Vincenzetti) Subject: Re: hill: how secure? References: <19qmcfINN3jp@nestroy.wu-wien.ac.at> Organization: Computer Science Dep. - Milan University Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 16:34:29 GMT Message-ID: <1992Sep29.163429.21143@ghost.dsi.unimi.it> Lines: 15