Re: Encrypting numbers

Any type of cipher can be used to encrypt numbers.

Were these numbers encrypted on a computer? Was the encryption done by
hand?

Given the small amount of ciphertext, if the algorithm is decent, you
may not have enough information to break this encryption.

If you did successfully decrypt the ciphertext, how would you know that
you were successful?

Jeff

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Relevant Pages

  • Cryptography FAQ (08/10: Technical Miscellany)
    ... How do I use compression with encryption? ... What does ``random'' mean in cryptography? ... WordPerfect encryption has been shown to be very easy to break. ... where the ciphertext is something like the ...
    (sci.crypt)
  • Cryptography FAQ (08/10: Technical Miscellany)
    ... How do I use compression with encryption? ... What does ``random'' mean in cryptography? ... WordPerfect encryption has been shown to be very easy to break. ... where the ciphertext is something like the ...
    (sci.crypt)
  • Cryptography FAQ (08/10: Technical Miscellany)
    ... How do I use compression with encryption? ... What does ``random'' mean in cryptography? ... WordPerfect encryption has been shown to be very easy to break. ... where the ciphertext is something like the ...
    (sci.crypt)
  • Vulnerability in Crypt::CBC Perl module, versions <= 2.16
    ... block of plaintext prior to encryption. ... In order for ciphertext encrypted by Crypt::CBC to be decrypted, ... The older, deprecated, header type is known as the "RandomIV" ... Other>8-byte cipher algorithms will be similarly affected. ...
    (Bugtraq)
  • Re: Encrypted file statistics
    ... Is it true that the encryption strength of any file ... > entire gamut of possible octet values. ... > you have a cryptosystem that appears according to such ... > ciphertext octets produced by the first cryptosystem. ...
    (sci.crypt)