Re: Re-3: Encrypting a Filename


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Re: Re-3: Encrypting a Filename

by marcink (Monk)

on Jun 15, 2001 at 03:16 UTC ( [id://88664]=note: print w/replies, xml )

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Well, I _did_ write it was a simple solution, didn't I? ;-)

I like tye's suggestion, although increasing file name might mean exceeding filesystem's name length limit... Hmm... perhaps good ol' enigma?

-mk

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Re-5: Encrypting a Filename
by John M. Dlugosz (Monsignor) on Jun 15, 2001 at 03:32 UTC

I also figured out how to use a stream cypher: treat the legal character set as a wheel, and use the output of a pseudorandom sequence (as set up initially with your key) as a count to shift the wheel. So even though the sequence produces numbers in the range 0..255, I can map that using modulo addition. That doesn't 'feedback' though, so I need to throw the current character into the sequence generator as it's encoded.

I also wonder if RC4 can be trivially adapted to use an arbitrary sized alphabet.

Using Enigma, generalized to any alphabet, is just plain cool, too!

—John

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