[13814] in Cypherpunks
Re: FBI decryption capability / MSDOS disk wipe question
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Black Unicorn)
Tue May 17 08:39:05 1994
From: Black Unicorn <unicorn@access.digex.net>
To: bart@netcom.com (Harry Bartholomew)
Date: Tue, 17 May 1994 08:35:04 -0400 (ADT)
Cc: unicorn@access.digex.net, cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <199405171133.EAA29354@netcom.com> from "Harry Bartholomew" at May 17, 94 04:33:41 am
Harry Bartholomew scripsit
>
> >
> > A few moments ago I uploaded a file called "hyperdsk.zip" to the soda
(cwrc??)
> > site in the incoming directory.
> >
> > My understanding is that this is a disk utility program with some
encryption
> > option.
> >
> > It is my hope that someone will take a look at the executable and try to
> > discover what method of encryption is used. I suspect DES, but that is a
wild
> > guess without the slightest basis in evidence.
>
> At three sites around the world the hyperdsk.zip file (204,864 bytes)
> contains only the .exe without any documentation.
Someone suggested this might merely be a diskcacheing program without any
encryption ability at all.
It is entirely possible that I am mistaken about the programs name, and
have seized on hyperdsk.zip erroniously.
Does anyone recall a program of similar sounding title in MSDOS land
which supported encryption?
Again, though I cannot really put a finger on it until the method is
identified, it seems this will shed a good deal of light into federal law
enforcement cryptanalysis abilities.
-uni- (Dark)
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