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On Sat, Aug 19, 2006 at 11:20:45PM +0300, Peter Pentchev wrote: > Taking the numeric code (in EBCDIC, as previously mentioned) of > a letter, subtracting it from a constant number, then subtracting the > result from *another* constant number, is indeed equivalent to adding a > third constant number to the original numeric code of the letter. > ... > I could convert a piece of text from ASCII to EBCDIC and > back, just to see what comes out... But I've never - never - NEVER even > imagined that I could ever actually *come across* it in any kind of Real > Life(tm) and Real Job(tm). Oh, the sweet delusions of youth. Look on the bright side - if you were to instead use ASCII like all sensible people do, then you could use a substitution table instead of a trivial Caesar cipher, making the passwords an order of magnitude harder to crack[1][2]! [1] in the same way that a swimming pool is an order of magnitude warmer than rain water [2] more security with the same input and output! isn't it great! -- David Cantrell | Nth greatest programmer in the world What is the difference between hearing aliens through the fillings in your teeth and hearing Jesus in your heart?
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