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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
Newsgroups: net.crypt
Subject: Re: Re: Unix encryption methods
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Date: Fri, 28-Dec-84 19:02:26 EST
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> P.S.  Does anyone know if the output of crypt(3) is unique?  I.e. could there
> be more than one key/salt combination which outputs the same result?

Definitely.  If for no other reason, because the output is folded into a
more limited character set than is used either for input or for internal
processing.
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				Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
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