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Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 10/02/07 20:28
Mtr wrote:
> On Tue, 02 Oct 2007 06:58:58 -0400, Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Mtr wrote:
>>> On Mon, 01 Oct 2007 23:20:14 -0400, Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> laredotornado@zipmail.com wrote:
>>>>> on one call I get the encrypted string, "ë;jéøÕG·" and on the other
>>>>> call, I get "ø34Avýä". What gives?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks, - Dave
>>>>>
>>>> I hate to state the obvious, but obviously there is something different
>>>> between the two. mcrypt_encrypt gives the same output for the same input.
>>>>
>>>> Look for differences in capitalization, '1' (one) instead of 'l' (lower
>>>> case ell) or 'I' (upper case eye), for instance. It's very easy to do.
>>> well, not necesarily. Maybe it's a chain cypher - and he's not
>>> re-initializing.
>>>
>>> Although his code sample does say ECB, I don't know what the parameters
>>> mean for this extension function anyway.
>>>
>> (top posting fixed)
>>
>> Your posting makes no sense whatsoever. Did you actually try the code?
>
> no, that's why I deliberately used the word "maybe" in my suggestion. No
> one else had replied, so I offered a possible suggestion.
>
So, rather than just leave it be, you made a completely irrelevant
comment. Do you just like seeing your name on usenet?
>> If it were a chain cipher, you would have to follow the same chain to
>> decrypt.
>
> He never mentioned decryption in his post, only the diffrent results of
> encryption.
>
Gee, encryption isn't much good if you can't decrypt it, is it now?
And before you go off on one-way encryption schemes - those are not
encryption methods. They are hashing methods. Encryption by definition
is two way.
>> And a quick test of the code would have shown you this is not
>> a chain cipher.
>
> no, now you're the one who is making no sense. Whether or not it is chained
> is internal to the cipher, not to the code that calls it. The difference
> would also be apparent (via knowledge of the parameters) if I were a user
> of that crypto extension, which I'm not. That's why I also deliberately
> said that I don't know what the parameters mean. But the use of ECB does
> tend to say it's not chained - which I also deliberately mentioned.
>
And as I said. Had you tested it, you would have found out it is not a
chained cipher.
Remember the old saying. "It is better to be thought an idiot than to
open your mouth and remove all doubt."
>> Also, please don't top post. Thanks.
>
> do you know that some people get irritated over interleaved replies, too?
No, as I said earlier. This group uses bottom posting or interleaved
posting. Both are acceptable.
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