Bill Jonas on Tue, 16 Nov 1999 21:26:45 -0500 (EST)


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Another one from svlug:

----- Original Message -----
From: David Ljung <dave@sandcraft.com>
To: <svlug@svlug.svlug.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 1999 6:54 PM
Subject: [svlug] ClosedSource cryptography


>
> Not quite linux, but yet another testimonial for opensource crypto:
>
> > Microsoft encrypts your Windows NT password when stored on a Windows CE
> > device.  But if you look carefully at their encryption algorithm, they
> > simply XOR the password with "susageP", Pegasus spelled backwards.
Pegasus
> > is the code name of Windows CE.
> >
> > http://www.cegadgets.com/artsusageP.htm
>
> Dave
>
>
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