From:	Nate Eldredge <neldredge AT hmc DOT edu>
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Subject:	Re: Some dodgy FILE hackery
Date:	16 Mar 2000 13:39:59 -0800
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Damian Yerrick <Bullshitd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullshit> writes:

> >I have to do the encryption manually; the built-in password function
> >isn't secure enough.
> 
> I know; it's xor.

Note that if the decryption will be done on the user's machine, no
encryption is really secure, since they can catch the data as it comes
out of decryption.  A debugger would probably suffice for this.

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Nate Eldredge
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