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Title:		cruft - a replacement for the missing UNIX 'crypt' command
Version: 	0.2
Entered-date: 2000-01-14
Description:  Linux and other free UNIX systems often ship with the 'crypt'
	      command deleted because of Dept. of Commerce restrictions
	      on anything that even hints at strong encryption. The
	      'cruft' package is intended as a drop-in replacement for
	      'crypt', being equivalent in functionality and even easier
	      to use than the original. It is unnecessary to specify
	      whether the target file is to be encrypted or decrypted,
	      as this is autodetected. The length of the key chosen and
	      the frequency with which the (random) key file is changed
	      determines the encryption "strength" of 'crypt'. Despite
	      being theoretically unbreakable, this implementation of
	      the onetime pad cipher should be regarded as only medium
	      in its security level because a) it writes a nine byte
	      characteristic signature as a header to encrypted files,
	      and b) the keys generated use the 'gcc' random function,
	      which is not, in fact, all that random. This is more than
	      sufficient security for non-critical files on a network
	      or workstation, but don't trust the crown jewels to it.
	      This package is released in full compliance with the revised
	      BXA regulations on encryption software, as of 01/14/00.

Keywords: 	crypt, encrypt, encryption, code, cryptography, secret

Author: 	thegrendel@theriver.com (Mendel Leo Cooper)
Maintained-by: 	thegrendel@theriver.com (Mendel Leo Cooper)
Primary-site: 	ftp://metalab.unc.edu /pub/Linux/utils/file
	      	16k crypt-0.2.tar.gz
                1.7k crypt-0.2.lsm

Alternate-site: http://www.angelfire.com/az/TheGrendel/crypt-0.2.tar.gz
Original-site:  
Platforms: 	Linux
	   	Generic UNIX
Copying-policy: GPL 
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