Re: Breaking an encrypted file

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From: Massimo Cotrozzi
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1993 13:48

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watrous@aramis.rutgers.edu (Don Watrous) writes:


>I have a user who has encrypted a file using the unix crypt program
>and then forgotten the password.  She's pretty sure she knows what the
>first line of the file looks like since it was saved mail.

>What software is available to try and decrypt the file and how much
>effort will be involved?
try Crypt Breaker's Workbench. It will need some user effort,
but since she knows what it should look like, it will be not so
difficult. Unfortunately, I don't remember where to find cbw.

Massimo
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Subject: Re: Breaking an encrypted file
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Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 13:48:49 GMT
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