And I agree whole heartedly that making crypto algorithms public increases their ability to be trusted through peer review. However, if the original poster were relying on the algotithm alone for security, then he shot himself in the foot (again). Also, to call this a crypto algorighm is like calling ROT-13 an crypto algorithm. To paraphrase Kelly Bundy from 'Married with Children': "You may as well have locked it with a piece of chewing gum".

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