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17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
walt@blarg.net (Walt Armour) wrote:
Point 'n Crypt uses 40-bit DES-CBC (exportable), salted SHA passphrases, and conforms to PKCS #5 and PKCS #7.
40bit encryption isn't much security at all. If you've got something important enough to encrypt, then it's important enough to find a proper encryption program. Why would anyone buy this shit? (That's a rhetorical question, of course; the answer is because some people are stupid...)