Re: 3DES encryption

From: Robert Lawhead (news0000.5.unixguru_at_spamgourmet.com)
Date: 06/29/05 

Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 13:50:48 -0700

Vahid Moghaddasi wrote:
> Hi all,
> We are requires to use 3des encryption for functions that we used to
> use crypt in the past.
> I was wondering if it is possible to do the following in 3des:
> crypt ftpkey <clear.file> encrypted.file
>
> Thanks,
> Vahid.
>
At least on Solaris 10...

% encrypt -l
Algorithm Keysize: Min Max (bits)
------------------------------------------
aes 128 256
arcfour 8 2048
des 64 64
3des 192 192

% echo foo | encrypt -a 3des | od -x
Enter key:
0000000 0000 0100 0000 e803 3e9c a803 03a2 85d6
0000020 8c0e cd37 c430 ffdb caf9 0e50 1b59 dd09
0000040 df20 c105 2b43 7f9d
0000050

man encrypt

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