Thread: This one might be a cahllenge for you guys. Maybe?

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    This one might be a cahllenge for you guys. Maybe?

    Wencrypt(char* file)
    {
    char plaintext[1024], ciphertext[1024], password[1024];

    ifstream fin(file);

    fin.close();
    int strlngth = strlen(plaintext);

    ttyping(" What will the password be?", 25, GRAY, YELLOW, WHITE, 7);
    cin>>password;

    for(int i = 1, opener = 0; i <= password[opener]; i++, opener++)
    {
    ciphertext[i] = password[opener];
    }

    ciphertext[0] = opener;

    for(i = i; i < strlngth; i++)
    {
    ciphertext[i] = plaintext[i] + 111;
    };

    ofstream fout(file);
    fout << ciphertext;


    return 0;

    }

    Wdecrypt(char* file)
    {
    char plaintext[1024], ciphertext[1024], password[1024], vpassword[1024];
    int opener;

    ifstream fin(file);

    fin.close();

    opener = ciphertext[0];
    int strlngth = strlen(ciphertext);

    for(int i = 1, k = 0; i <= opener; i++, k++)
    {
    vpassword[k] = ciphertext[i];
    }

    for(i = i; i < strlngth; i++)
    {
    ciphertext[i] = plaintext[i] - 111;
    };
    ciphertext[i + 1] = ' ';
    ciphertext[i + 2] = ' ';
    ciphertext[i + 3] = ' ';
    ciphertext[i + 4] = ' ';
    ciphertext[i + 5] = ' ';
    ciphertext[i + 6] = ' ';
    ofstream fout(file);

    fout << ciphertext;


    return 0;
    }


    these are my main functions for encrypting and decrypting. Some functions included in these functions you wont recognize, such as ttyping (because they are homemade), but I am having problems with this code. this is what im attempting to do:
    1. Ask for a Password to secure the file with
    2.Get the number of characters in the password.
    3.Put the number in the first char of the file
    4.Use the number to count how many letters are in the password when it is decrypted.
    5.decrypt the password
    6.verify the password
    7.if its correct, decrypt the file

    Any help on my coding would be greatly appreciated. Thx in advance

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    > ciphertext[i] = plaintext[i] + 111;

    I believe this is what's called a mono-alphabet cipher. It's trivial to break this.

    Instead of shifting by a fixed value, what if you shifted by a pseudo random number? The initial seed you use could then be generated from your password.

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    I was planning on doing that after i clear this bug i currently have. I will make it a 1024 bit encryption > muhaha

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    This looks wrong:

    for(i = i; i < strlngth; i++)


    What do you mean by 1024 bit encryption? How do you plan to implement it?

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    using for loops to encrypt 1024 different random encryptions, stored various spots in the file, encrypted among themselves, decrypted in order and finally the message is decrypted. Get past that encryption and ill give you a cookie

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    I've had a closer look at your code & can see somethings are wrong.

    1.
    for(i = i; i < strlngth; i++)

    what is i? It is out of scope of the previous loop. I don't think your code would compile, unless you declare i somewhere else not shown, in which case where do you initialise i?

    2.
    Wencrypt(char* file)
    {
    char plaintext[1024], ciphertext[1024], password[1024];
    ...

    Where do initialise the arrays? Surely you should be passing these to the Wencrypt function?

    3.
    Wdecrypt(char* file)
    {
    char plaintext[1024], ciphertext[1024], password[1024], vpassword[1024];
    int opener;

    ifstream fin(file);

    fin.close();
    ...

    I can't see where you actually read the file into the arrays.

    4.
    You don't seem to encrypt the password. Therefore, it will be visible at the start of the file. All you need to do is open it with a text editor.

    Also, as I understand it, 1024 bit encryption does not mean 1024 different random encryptions. Rather it means 2^1024 (or 1.797693134862315907729305190789e+308) different encryptions.

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    actually you are really REALLY wrong. You shopuld get a life.. or learn to program C. The finished version is on another post. it has similar coding. go look at it

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    > actually you are really REALLY wrong.

    Actually, YOU are. If 1024 bit encryption meant just 1024 possible choices, our gov't would have been screwed years ago (they only use 512, and the kind of encryption once considered unbreakable had only 52!)

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    argh, use code tags

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    > The finished version is on another post. it has similar coding...

    I'm interested in this, where do I find the other post? (how old is it any keywords etc.. so I can a search)

    Denethor2000 - I have done a form of encryption myself. If you need further help, I would be willing to assist. Perhaps I'll learn some new thing in process.

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    512 bit encryption means 512 bits = 64 bytes in your key length (not necessarily password length), meaning you will have to try a maximum of 256^64 combinations to execute a brute force attack

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