Re: [Help]: Looking for password crypt/decrypt function

John G, I beleive you in the case of using a static value in the xor. Are you sure that it is still easy when each character is xor'd with a different, randomly chosen value?

John Gardner wrote:

> An xor encryption scheme is so easy to crack that you might as well leave
> it in plaintext.
>
> Cheers
> John G
>
> In message <37135505.DD6B679F_at_deere.com>, John Higgins <JH33378_at_deere.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > And this gives excellent encryption if you use a pseudo-random sequence
> of binary
> > codes to XOR with your data.
> >
> > Most 'random' functions generate an un-predictable sequence of values.
> However, the
> > sequence is repeatable! You just have to start with the same seed value.
> That means
> > the seed value is your encryption key!
> >
>
> .
Received on Thu Apr 15 1999 - 22:33:17 CDT