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simple encryption or just useless

Sinner_Zero · 2001-11-03T01:04:51

Ok, I asked people about simple encryption before and they just said they changed the ASCII of the letters and the such. But see......ok.......if I include a password file as part of my project (MSVC++ (5 if you really wanna know)) can people get into it (if for some crazy reason theyd want to). If so how exacly can I simply encrupt it. The one thing I read about incription used some methods I can''t do yet, including turning letter/numbers into bit code which I never saw in any of my C++ tuts/books. But what can I do for atleast decent protection here. I mean if I haveto I''ll make a 250 char long password, but how safe would even that be?

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Started by Sinner_Zero October 25, 2001 10:42 PM

30 comments, last by Sinner_Zero 22 years, 8 months ago

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October 31, 2001 08:08 PM

Beginner books don''t have that. Trust me, I''ve been learning C++ for 2 years =P so I wonder why I still hand here, just cuz theyres stuff I know 100% and stuff I know 0%, it''s all gotta be a bit higher, you know........ 25%.

But thankfully one of my favorite tutorial/guide writer''s has just written a bitwise in C tut! YAY! whata coincidence and great timing!

wait.......same thing =P

Thnx for all the help people! =D

Anonymous

November 03, 2001 01:04 AM

quote: Original post by Russell
That''s not true. There are many forms of encryption that are virtually unbreakable, and one form of encryption that actually is 100% mathematically unbreakable. If you really wanted to secure something, you could use something like RSA or PGP and if you implement it properly your game would be safe for a few billion years (or until someone invents quantum computers).

WTF? How can you make encryption that is 100% mathematically unbreakable?