Re: Paradox database encryption

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From: Peter Gutmann
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 02:22

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In <Bv7Fr8.F5p@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> kellmeye@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (kellmeyer steven l) writes:

>I am planning on using Borland's Paradox for storing information of 
>a highly personal nature (part of our expanding net will soon be
>linking in a counseling center).  Does anyone know if the security
>level of this software is reasonably good?

Appallingly bad.  If you....

>I already downloaded PGP 2.0

Ah, I see you've already got it.  grep for 'Paradox' in part 1 of the docs for
a whole list of commercial packages whose encryption can be broken in a fraction
of a second.  Paradox is one of them.

Peter.
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