Pann McCuaig (pann@ourmanpann.com) wrote: > On Wed, Nov 03, 1999 at 22:24, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > Pann McCuaig (pann@ourmanpann.com) wrote: > > > What do you call "discovering" a weak password using the tools created > > > for that purpose? > > It is most certainly not decryption. We usually call it "cracking", > > or more specifically, "brute-force cracking". > Please define decryption for me. In my state of ignorance I would have > thought a simple definition would be "recovering plaintext from > ciphertext" and wouldn't speak to method. Well, I'm no cryptographer. But I always think of decryption as the deterministic inverse of encryption. Brute-force cryptanalysis is more like guesswork. Perhaps the sci.crypt FAQ could give you a mathematical definition, if that's what you want. -- Greg Wooledge | "Truth belongs to everybody." wooledge@kellnet.com | Red Hot Chili Peppers, http://www.kellnet.com/wooledge/ |
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