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Reading Unix encrypted files on a Windows environment

 
Rui Vilao
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Reading Unix encrypted files on a Windows environment

Greetings,

Is it possible to read/edit ASCII files that were encrypted on a Unix
environment with vi -x/crypt?

I have tried vim 6.2 but it does not work.

Any help/suggestion is highly appreciated.

TIA.

Kind Regards,

Rui Vilao.
"We should never stop learning"_________ rui.vilao@rocketmail.com
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Nicolas Dumeige
Esteemed Contributor

Re: Reading Unix encrypted files on a Windows environment

Hello,

I don't know if the Windows crypt library existes and work with the same algorythm than the Unix one.

1) If it does, and vi for Windows doesn't let you open it, try a little C program that will open and call the crypt function.

2) If it doesn't, have you consider installing cygwin, a linux environnement for Windows.

3) Download CWB (crypt breakers work bench) or an equivalent crypt braker and make some coffee.

4) There are several vi-like editor for windows, maybe some of them handle encryption better than other.

5) post the problem to sci.crypt.newsgroup.

Let us know if you succeed.

Nicolas


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Shannon Petry
Honored Contributor

Re: Reading Unix encrypted files on a Windows environment

You can download Unix tools for windows at http://www.cygwin.org

The basic tools include Unix standard commands, a shell, and library to use them all.

I am not sure if crypt is in the basic tools, but the installer should be able to find it. I have crypt on the system I am typing from which runs win2K now, but duel boots to linux.

cygwin also has X emulators and lots of other goodies. Just make sure you have lots of disk space to download all the Unix toys you want :)


Regards,
Shannon
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