Re: decrypt a file in unix
From: Eric Anderson (anderson_at_centtech.com)
Date: 02/25/04
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Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 07:35:44 -0600 To: Kiyawat Dharmesh <dharmesh@pun.cmc.net.in>
Kiyawat Dharmesh wrote:
> HI
> On HP UNIX system I have encryted a file by mistake and forgot the key.
> Is there any way by which I can get the original file back?
> Pls help me.
This is really the wrong list for this question - freebsd-questions or
(maybe) freebsd-security would have been more appropriate - assuming you
are trying to decrypt on FreeBSD and not HP-UX (since, after all, this
is a FreeBSD list, not and HP list).
However, if you are asking what I think you are asking, then I'm sorry
to say that you probably won't be able to get the data back - since that
is the whole idea of encryption in the first place. Depending on what
algorithm you used to encrypt the data, there is a slim possibility that
you would be able to find a way to brute force it, but I wouldn't count
on it.
Good luck
Eric
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