🚀 go-pugleaf

palmer@icat.larc.nasa.gov (Michael T. Palmer) writes:

>jim@rand.org (Jim Gillogly) writes:

>>In article <1993Jan11.021259.10637jp@tygra.Michigan.COM> jp@tygra.Michigan.COM (John Palmer) writes:
>>>I want to check out some components of an encryption system that I'm
>>>using and would like to see if anyone can crack this encrypted file.
>>>Only hint is that its text of some kind. I've uuencoded it. 
>>>
>>>[encrypted text deleted]

>>[decrypted text deleted]
>>Hope this answers your question about the security of that particular
>>component. :)

>Hmmm, well, I guess that takes care of my previous post about this.  It
>must have simple enough to not take much effort.

Apologies to Jim Gillogly for my assumption of simplicity of the cipher.
When things happen that fast, it's easy to say that it couldn't have taken
much effort... when in fact, it may have been a brilliant insight on his
part.

Now, just what does that conversation say, anyway?  Any speakers of Italian
out there?

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