Re: New(?) encryption algorithm

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From: Michael McClary
Date: Fri, 09 Mar 1990 23:23

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In article <1877@bruce.OZ> alanf@bruce.OZ (Alan Grant Finlay) writes:
>I have written an encription system for personal files on an IBM-PC compatible.
>[]  Included in this article are a source program for the system in C,
...
>The source code "crypt.c"

You should be aware that "crypt" is used on unix systems to refer to
a particular utility (a one-rotor Enigma variant) and a particular
subroutine (the DES-variant used for password encryption).

Naming your source file "crypt.c" invites the same sort of confusion as
naming a home-brew editor "vi", "ed", or "emacs", and may tend to bother
unix hax.  You might want to find another name.

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From: michael@xanadu.com (Michael McClary)
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Subject: Re: New(?) encryption algorithm
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Date: 9 Mar 90 23:23:07 GMT
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