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Peter Sergeant wrote:

 > And finally, the topic for this week, to breathe some life into this 
list,
 > is, the best way of encrypting a paragraph with a seven digit number. 
Ideas?

Urm, if you want it to be secure, don't. A seven digit number is only,
what, 24 bits, and so a brute-force attack would be fairly easy.

Disclaimer: I don't really know anything about crypto. ;)

Best regards,
Mike.


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