The Code Breaker's Work Bench?
I saw someone mention this program on sci.crypt once. Its supposed to be an aid to those trying to break a cypher. Does anybody know the ftp site it is located on? unimi.it perhaps? -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mark Terka | werewolf@io.org | public key (werewolf) by Toronto,Canada | dg507@cleveland.freenet.edu | public key server or request ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
| I saw someone mention this program on sci.crypt once. Its supposed to be | an aid to those trying to break a cypher.
From cbw.doc:
Overview The Crypt Breakers' Workbench (CBW) is an interactive multi-window system for mounting a cipher-text only attack on a file encrypted by the Unix crypt command. CBW is a workbench in the sense that it provides the user with an integrated set of tools that simplify the initial, middle and final portions of the decryption process. A user interacts with the workbench by choosing tools and setting parameters. CBW carries out the work and displays the results. A moderately experienced user of CBW can easily decrypt both long and short messages when bigram statistics are known for the message space. The basic cryptanalytic techniques used by CBW are described in a paper by Reeds and Weinberger that appeared in the October 1984 issue of the ATT Bell Laboratories Technical Journal. This manual explains the capabilities and operating procedures of CBW coast.cs.purdue.edu:/pub/tools/unix/cbw.tar.Z
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- In article <199501020148.UAA23008@bwh.harvard.edu>, Adam Shostack <adam@bwh.harvard.edu> wrote:
| I saw someone mention this program on sci.crypt once. Its supposed to be | an aid to those trying to break a cypher.
From cbw.doc:
Overview The Crypt Breakers' Workbench (CBW) is an interactive multi-window system for mounting a cipher-text only attack on a file encrypted by the Unix crypt command. CBW is a workbench in the sense
Ok....I thought it was more generic than that. To mount an attack on an opponent requires specific programs oriented toward the cypher in question. Can anyone suggest what programs / tools may be out there for cypher busting? I'm just curious....and no, I'm not planning on reading my girlfirend's mail :>. I'm just interested in the methods exist in the real world. Hell, I'd even be interested in a program to bust Enigma. That would give a basic example or idea of how codebreakers operate on a day to day basis. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQEVAwUBLwdk13BFBj7pSNyhAQFqoQf+MbB7ffw3gaFuynO3riyL0MSF/143a5d3 TnbnzsMd+srKSx3bhp4SkcgIazrP3h9DzpAyriFLJl+zfdPz+kFOQGZfwPfZvEu3 fwCO+ClrKBqnJ/WiMZ0aluxfFz5NkIDolwLeeW2UfzOEcGsN4DuFvpJ66PRgLZRg Uw3qouzBjljTazyFjVlH1VaxWbywQrhiCotPvgXCrMY+CBO3FXcPW6w7pYHi8Ovh yelANTkI9cSe7f1BE0ONaEac2Xhb1htdB99goRIbxQbqP1zKUsBM+JzGvkpr4gKT ihEV3EFBGW3EGHDrCkdDqox4hnl0HRkdsH3MWt9prJXvbXvBUIfxtA== =9fAE -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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