Solaris 7 uses very weak encryption algorithm for desktop file encryption option.
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Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 23:15:55 -0500
From: spoon <spoon@GSLINK.COM>
To: BUGTRAQ@netspace.org
Subject: sun "encryption" lameness
I was checking out my new fangled desktop in solaris 7. or 2.7 what ever
they are calling it, and i Stumbled across a buttion that said "Encrypt
file". I was like shit... I took a swig from my 40oz of colt 45 and
"encrpyted" a plain textfile
overlord:/morph.home/matt$ cat > lame.ass
NO SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL
overlord:/morph.home/matt$ ls -al lame.ass
-rw-r--r-- 1 matt users 100 Jan 14 23:11 lame.ass
[after "encrypting" ]
overlord:/morph.home/matt$ cat lame.ass
uudecode -p <<"endCrypt" | crypt "$1"
begin 644 Crypted
:.FXF8Z!U8(ZU#2;.;K#.LCE8N@5K^^3%,?(8
end
You know what to do from here....
Matt