Int. Sys V crypt() algorithm

[jim at ISM780B.UUCP]

>My System V manual says:
>"Crypt implements a one-rotor machine designed along the lines of the
>German Enigma, but with a 256-element rotor."
>
>This says to me that the old Crypt algorithm was not based on DES.

You are reading crypt(1); encrypt in in crypt(3).

The nature of the difference between the two-way crypt and the one-way crypt
is only available to those with domestic source licenses. Those with access
to the difference are likely to be amused.

-- Jim Balter, INTERACTIVE Systems (ima!jim)