Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!uflorida!haven!adm!smoke!gwyn From: gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn ) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: random passwords (was Re: Worm...) Message-ID: <9093@smoke.BRL.MIL> Date: 6 Dec 88 22:26:02 GMT References: <28399@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> <278@aber-cs.UUCP> <9119@rpp386.Dallas.TX.US> <120@tnl.UUCP> Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB)) Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD. Lines: 5 In article <120@tnl.UUCP> norstar@tnl.UUCP (Daniel Ray) writes: >However, by knowing that the ciphered text is "ZPP", can one reverse it? >No, because both "ZOO" and "YOO" encrypt to that. For purposes of obtaining a usable password, either would do.