Re: How to decrypt a file encrypted with vi -x or shell crypt

So, How can I get the contents of this file? Is there a module that will do the trick amongst the hundred Crypt:: modules?

Can you identify the algorithm (do you even know where that would be documented)?

http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/editing.html#encryption:

- Pkzip uses the same encryption, and US Govt has no objection to its export. Pkzip's public file APPNOTE.TXT describes this algorithm in detail.

You can get a copy of Appnote at http://search.cpan.org/src/NEDKONZ/Archive-Zip-1.08/docs/Appnote.txt

I would give Crypt::CreditCard a try (it says AES 256).

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Re^2: How to decrypt a file encrypted with vi -x or shell crypt by Anonymous Monk on Aug 27, 2004 at 17:31 UTC
From that vim doc page: The encryption in Vim has not been tested for robustness. In fact it has, and it was found wanting. There is an efficient known-plaintext attack against PKZIP encryption.	[reply]

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