Re: magic number for mcrypt

From	"Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: magic number for mcrypt
Date	2014-11-16 13:59 -0500
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"Thad Floryan" <thad@thadlabs.com> wrote in message 
news:546813E3.1070205@thadlabs.com...
> On 11/15/2014 6:54 PM, Bill Cunningham wrote:
>> [...]
>>     I've never seen a string as a magic number in a hexdump. How and 
>> where
>> would that be exactly in a hexdump of a mcrypted file?
>
> $ man magic
>
> Last free answer you get since you don't bother using your
> own system to lookup answers.
>
> Thad

Full quote:

"The 'file' command recognizes an encrypted file from mcrypt but I can't
find anywhere online the hex "magic number" that identifies the format. It
could be a long series of hex numbers or short. Does anyone know mcrypt's
signature?"

Full quote includes "...I can't find anywhere online..."

Suggestion, "Something" has been done. No "not do your homework". Maybe not 
to the extent you like. I'm not a linux shell pipe master and didn't know a 
file like that existed. But as you say you knew this BEFORE you responded.

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magic number for mcrypt "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2014-11-15 18:30 -0500
  Re: magic number for mcrypt Thad Floryan <thad@thadlabs.com> - 2014-11-15 18:27 -0800
    Re: magic number for mcrypt "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2014-11-15 21:54 -0500
      Re: magic number for mcrypt Thad Floryan <thad@thadlabs.com> - 2014-11-15 19:02 -0800
        Re: magic number for mcrypt Thad Floryan <thad@thadlabs.com> - 2014-11-15 19:08 -0800
          Re: magic number for mcrypt gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2014-11-16 06:52 +0000
            Re: magic number for mcrypt Thad Floryan <thad@thadlabs.com> - 2014-11-16 01:10 -0800
          Re: magic number for mcrypt "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2014-11-16 14:01 -0500
            Re: magic number for mcrypt Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2014-11-16 11:56 -0800
              Re: magic number for mcrypt Robert Riches <spamtrap42@jacob21819.net> - 2014-11-18 03:50 +0000
                Re: magic number for mcrypt "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2014-11-17 23:56 -0500
            Re: magic number for mcrypt "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2014-11-16 15:34 -0500
              Re: magic number for mcrypt William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2014-11-16 22:16 +0000
                Re: magic number for mcrypt "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2014-11-17 16:47 -0500
                Re: magic number for mcrypt William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2014-11-17 23:43 +0000
                Re: magic number for mcrypt Tim Watts <tw_usenet@dionic.net> - 2014-11-18 00:36 +0000
                Re: magic number for mcrypt "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2014-11-17 23:02 -0500
              Re: magic number for mcrypt Keith Keller <kkeller-usenet@wombat.san-francisco.ca.us> - 2014-11-16 17:39 -0800
                Re: magic number for mcrypt "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2014-11-17 16:22 -0500
        Re: magic number for mcrypt "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2014-11-16 13:59 -0500

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