IBM alphaWorks: A Bit Cypher(ABC) - an unbreakable data cypher | Linux Today

IBM alphaWorks: A Bit Cypher(ABC) – an unbreakable data cypher

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 12, 2001

[ Thanks to Frank
Carlos
for this link. ]

“A Bit Cypher (ABC) is a program that runs on Linux
that can takes any data file and transform it to a cyphered form
that is “reasonably” unbreakable. Given the key used for cyphering,
ABC can take the cyphered form and reproduce the original file
exactly.

The strength of the cypher comes from the number of keys,
10,000,000,000, and the processing required to determine the
mapping for each key, assuming the algorythm is at hand for
decyphering.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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