I've always preferred ROT26. Much easier to parse. Matt -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 4:14 PM To: kevinc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Encrypt and Decrypt the data Heh...reminds me of ROT13, back in the day, on Usenet....;-) -- Mark J. Bobak Senior Oracle Architect ProQuest Information & Learning Ours is the age that is proud of machines that can think and suspicious of men who try to. --H. Mumford Jones, 1892-1980 -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kevin Closson Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 4:08 PM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Encrypt and Decrypt the data I've watched this thread, and apparently no one has yet noticed that this is just XOR 'encryption'. Anyone with a little cryptology background could break this in 5 minutes. ...cryptology? heck, anyone that has (barf) read any RAID5 concepts materials could :-) -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l