Encryption and protection

[Ken Ray]

On 10/4/04 1:11 PM, "Richard Gaskin" <ambassador at fourthworld.com> wrote:

> Bill Vlahos wrote:
> 
>> 3. How strong is the encryption that is built into the locking stack
>> password?
> 
> It's said to be a derivative of DES.  In lay terms, an experience
> crypto-hobbyist could probably crack it in a weeked, or so I'm told.
> 
>> 4. Is doing this in a stack the right approach or would it be better to
>> have a binary data file like more traditional programs? If a data file
>> is the right way to go, how can that be protected?
> 
> Rev 2.5 has industrial-strength encryption built-in.  I haven't used it
> myself yet, but I believe there are example files in Rev Online....

Ken Ray
Sons of Thunder Software
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