On 2/09/11 11:41 AM, Atom Smasher wrote:
i'm not sure about TrueCrypt, but OpenSSL usually leaves this clue...
$ strings file.enc | head -1
Salted__
I didn't know that, thanks. Anyway, I've just had a look and the WL
insurance file is using OpenSSL.
Regards,
Ben
Ben McGinnes wrote:
On 2/09/11 3:02 AM, Julian H. Stacey wrote:
(talk about a long password). However, which tool is used to encrypt it?
Would running the unix 'file' command give a clue ?
Nope, it just comes up as data and the only clue as to what type is
the .aes256 extension it's been
Hello,
I read that the password for the insurance.aes256 file WikiLeaks
distributed some time agoo has been revealed to be
CollectionOfDiplomaticHistorySince_1966_ToThe_PresentDay#
(talk about a long password). However, which tool is used to encrypt it?
I tried decrypting it with gpg (no valid
(talk about a long password). However, which tool is used to encrypt it?
Would running the unix 'file' command give a clue ?
Cheers,
Julian
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Reply below, not above; Indent with ; Cumulative like a play script.
On 2/09/11 2:24 AM, Johan Wevers wrote:
Hello,
I read that the password for the insurance.aes256 file WikiLeaks
distributed some time agoo has been revealed to be
It's not the insurance.aes256 file which the password has been
revealed for, it's an unredacted version of the Cablegate data.
On 2/09/11 3:02 AM, Julian H. Stacey wrote:
(talk about a long password). However, which tool is used to encrypt it?
Would running the unix 'file' command give a clue ?
Nope, it just comes up as data and the only clue as to what type is
the .aes256 extension it's been given.
Regards,
Ben
On Fri, 2 Sep 2011, Ben McGinnes wrote:
The password or passphrase for insurance.aes256 has not yet been
revealed, but that file is believed to have been encrypted with either
TrueCrypt or OpenSSL, probably the latter.
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i'm not sure about TrueCrypt, but OpenSSL usually leaves
