Timeline for How secure is encrypting files with blowfish?
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| Oct 28, 2022 at 9:49 | history | edited | Martin Tournoij | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Make a mention of the newer xchacha20/libsodium integration that was added last year
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| May 6, 2021 at 20:47 | comment | added | filbranden | @DavidLeadbeater I converted your answer to a comment (you mentioned something about replying to the comment there.) If you feel like posting a full answer to expand on it, please do so. If you do, please include enough context to allow the answer to stand on its own. Thanks for your contribution! | |
| May 5, 2021 at 15:07 | comment | added | David Leadbeater | This is incorrect: the point of the dictionary is to attack the plaintext, not the password; it doesn't bruteforce the password at all. Definitely do use gpg or another tool designed for encryption rather than Vim's built-in support. | |
| Aug 30, 2016 at 16:23 | comment | added | mosh | The claim by David Leadbeater in (dgl.cx/2014/10/vim-blowfish) the last para is using a dictionary for bruteforce attack. He then adds "small passwords" would weak. His theoretical arguments are correct but not practical. Good 64 bit or more random passwords are uncrackable. | |
| Nov 22, 2015 at 19:55 | history | edited | muru | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
added 3 characters in body
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| Feb 5, 2015 at 12:33 | vote | accept | Martin Tournoij | ||
| Feb 4, 2015 at 23:22 | history | answered | muru | CC BY-SA 3.0 |