On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 09:40:37PM -0600, S/V Sarks wrote:
> 
> To keep on topic…. What type of Engima machine should I use on a sailboat and 
> why ?  ;-)

Well, the "how" is easy: use a one-time pad 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-time_pad) or
a good-quality encryption algorithm such as Blowfish (see, we're still
on topic!) -

perl -MCrypt::CBC -we'
    my $password = "The world of Dreams, Illusions, Bubbles, Shadows (夢幻泡影) ";
    my $hash = Crypt::CBC -> new(-key => $password, -cipher => "Blowfish");
    { local $/; print $hash->encrypt(<>) }' file_to_encrypt

Pick a password (up to 56 characters long), specify the file that you
want to encrypt, and short of getting the password out of you, even the
CIA's biggest purpose-built computers are out of luck.

As to "why", the answer to that has been encrypted, and no one knows who
has the key. I guess you'll have to figure it out for yourself. :)


Ben
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