Of course, most "decrypters" for cfencrypt() 
> probablywouldn't take very long to decrypt using brute force 
> techniques, because
> most developers I know use very short keys, like "abc123" - your 
> encryptionkey should be very long, and random).

It depends on many factors, but suffice it to say that the encryption 
mechanism is very, very weak.

Mind you, those functions aren't really meant to protect government 
secrets.  They're just a bit of obfuscation, essentially.


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