decrypt a file in unix

[Eric Anderson]

Kiyawat Dharmesh wrote:
> HI
> On HP UNIX system I have encryted a file by mistake and forgot the key.
> Is there any way by which I can get the original file back?
> Pls help me.

This is really the wrong list for this question - freebsd-questions or 
(maybe) freebsd-security would have been more appropriate - assuming you 
are trying to decrypt on FreeBSD and not HP-UX (since, after all, this 
is a FreeBSD list, not and HP list).

However, if you are asking what I think you are asking, then I'm sorry 
to say that you probably won't be able to get the data back - since that 
is the whole idea of encryption in the first place.  Depending on what 
algorithm you used to encrypt the data, there is a slim possibility that 
you would be able to find a way to brute force it, but I wouldn't count 
on it.

Good luck
Eric

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