Re: Why doesn't Sun provide the Crypt program in their OS?

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From: Scott Simpson
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 18:04

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In article <1jjocqINNn4i@menudo.uh.edu> pleticha@casc.math.uh.edu (Dennis Pleticha) writes:
>I've been trying to find out why I can't get the crypt application
>directly from Sun for months now.  All I want to do is encrypt a file
>with a password for safe keeping and transmitting over unsecure
>networks.  The libraries are there and I suppose I could write a 

You're better off using des to encrypt your files. The crypt command
is very insecure. The Crypt Breakers Workbench (cbw) easily decrypts
the thing in a few minutes. Use des.
-- 
Scott Simpson, Investment Technology Group, iac!simpson@uunet.uu.net

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From: iac!simpson@uunet.uu.net (Scott Simpson)
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Subject: Re: Why doesn't Sun provide the Crypt program in their OS?
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