From: werewolf@io.org (Mark Terka)
Date: Sun, 1 Jan 95 18:55:05 PST
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: The Code Breaker's Work Bench?
In-Reply-To: <199501020148.UAA23008@bwh.harvard.edu>
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In article <199501020148.UAA23008@bwh.harvard.edu>,
Adam Shostack <adam@bwh.harvard.edu> wrote:
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>| I saw someone mention this program on sci.crypt once. Its supposed to be
>| an aid to those trying to break a cypher. 
>
>>From cbw.doc:
>
>Overview
>     The Crypt Breakers' Workbench (CBW) is an interactive
>multi-window system for mounting a cipher-text only attack on a file
>encrypted by the Unix crypt command.  CBW is a workbench in the sense

Ok....I thought it was more generic than that.

To mount an attack on an opponent requires specific programs oriented
toward the cypher in question. Can anyone suggest what programs / tools
may be out there for cypher busting?

I'm just curious....and no, I'm not planning on reading my girlfirend's
mail :>. I'm just interested in the methods exist in the real world. Hell, I'd
even be interested in a program to bust Enigma. That would give a basic example
or idea of how codebreakers operate on a day to day basis.


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