From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM, FREEMAIL_REPLY autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.236.62.229 with SMTP id y65mr620868yhc.38.1418888226066; Wed, 17 Dec 2014 23:37:06 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.140.22.199 with SMTP id 65mr18416qgn.4.1418888226047; Wed, 17 Dec 2014 23:37:06 -0800 (PST) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.glorb.com!s7no8758287qap.1!news-out.google.com!r1ni69qat.1!nntp.google.com!s7no8758286qap.1!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 23:37:05 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=5.80.153.30; posting-account=pmkN8QoAAAAtIhXRUfydb0SCISnwaeyg NNTP-Posting-Host: 5.80.153.30 References: <1a2fea61-bcc1-43a9-b6e3-edf474308402@googlegroups.com> <021184f0-18ef-40bc-ba62-fd307998fe1c@googlegroups.com> <793614d3-4219-4cca-9078-24a5d50c6ef5@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Ada Connections to this Crypto. From: Austin Obyrne Injection-Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 07:37:06 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:24096 Date: 2014-12-17T23:37:05-08:00 List-Id: On Thursday, December 18, 2014 1:08:05 AM UTC, Denis McMahon wrote: > On Wed, 17 Dec 2014 23:43:42 +0000, Simon Clubley wrote: > > > On 2014-12-16, mrvmurray@gmail.com wrote: > >> On Tuesday, 16 December 2014 13:47:27 UTC+2, jo...@peppermind.com > >> wrote: > >>> Sticking to ASCII makes your program outdated from the start. > > >> This fellow's problem is that he has very poor computing skills (among > >> other issues). He thinks his ASCII-only encryption is the answer to all > >> crypto questions. > > > I wonder if we should introduce him to full disk encryption and see how > > that fits into his ASCII only world view. That should get rid of his > > ASCII only concept once and for all. > > Nope, he'll simply respond that whole disk encryption can not be the > solution when the problem with current encryption systems is that they > have to work with binary number systems. > > Therefore, in his worldview, the solution is to convert the contents of > the disk to ascii and then encrypt it at a 10:1 size expansion. > > Of course, the fact that at least one other poster has been able to > bruteforce his encryption already means nothing to him, he is still of > the unshakeable belief that the problem with current cryptosystems is > that they use binary numbers, and that his trivially easy to bruteforce > system is perfect and unbreakable. > > I'm still waiting for him to demonstrate, rather than theorise, the > "inherent fallibility of binary based cryptosystems to attack". > > I paraphrase his comments, I hope I present the idea of what he keeps > saying fairly accurately. > > -- > Denis McMahon, denismfmcmahon@gmail.com I am prepared to send you a batch of ciphertext for brute forcing if you can set up an honest adjudicating team who will oversee it for fair play. Empty claims of brute force programs are legion - terminating them with a unique and correct outcome is something else. Waiting to hear. adacrypt