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Re: [PilotMgr] Encryption?



On April 18, Warren.Belfer@xxxxxxxxxxx said:
> >Under Unix there is a progrma called crypt. See man crypt. 
> 
> the crypt program uses a very weak encryption algorithm; tools to break it are 
> easy to come by.  (Not to be confused with the crypt function, which is quite 
> strong; same name - different algorithm)
> 
> warren

Which is kindof academic when you're talking about the Pilot, since
the default system of "secrets" is to not show you a record if it's
got the secret flag set. Nothing stopping you from dumping the whole
database out into a file and looking at it there.

Waider.
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