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From: Arno Wagner <arno@wagner.name>
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On Sun, Oct 07, 2012 at 09:50:46PM +0200, Milan Broz wrote:
> On 10/03/2012 07:28 PM, Abhishek Tiwari wrote:
> > I am trying to use cryptsetup for an SD card. I create the crypto
> > mapper device and write a file to it. For the purpose of validation,
> > I am using a fixed key "11111111" as passphrase. Then I tried to see
> > the contents of this SD card using a reader and WinHex. Unfortunately
> > these contents do not match with an encrypted copy of same file that
> > was encrypted using this online DES encryption tool: 
> > http://www.tools4noobs.com/online_tools/encrypt/ I specified
> > algorithm as DES and mode as CBC.
> 
> Well, if it is real use, never use DES, it is no longer secure enough.

Indeed. Known plaintext attack for DES is doable some hours now.
I still remember when 56 bit DES was considered secure ;-)

Arno
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