Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 07:35:44 -0600 From: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> To: Kiyawat Dharmesh <dharmesh@pun.cmc.net.in> Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: decrypt a file in unix Message-ID: <403CA4B0.8080208@centtech.com> In-Reply-To: <002501c3fb64$42266620$bd45a8c0@cmcltd.com> References: <002501c3fb64$42266620$bd45a8c0@cmcltd.com>
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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 -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Sr. Systems Administrator Centaur Technology Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday. ------------------------------------------------------------------
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