Re: Decrypting WikiLeaks insurance file

2011-09-02 Thread David Smith
Ben McGinnes wrote: > On 2/09/11 3:02 AM, Julian H. Stacey wrote: >>> (talk about a long password). However, which tool is used to encrypt it? >> Would running the unix 'file' command give a clue ? > > Nope, it just comes up as "data" and the only clue as to what type is > the .aes256 extension it

Re: Decrypting WikiLeaks insurance file

2011-09-01 Thread Ben McGinnes
On 2/09/11 11:41 AM, Atom Smasher wrote: > > i'm not sure about TrueCrypt, but OpenSSL usually leaves this clue... > > $ strings file.enc | head -1 > Salted__ I didn't know that, thanks. Anyway, I've just had a look and the WL insurance file is using OpenSSL. Regards, Ben signatu

Re: Decrypting WikiLeaks insurance file

2011-09-01 Thread Atom Smasher
On Fri, 2 Sep 2011, Ben McGinnes wrote: The password or passphrase for insurance.aes256 has not yet been revealed, but that file is believed to have been encrypted with either TrueCrypt or OpenSSL, probably the latter. == i'm not sure about TrueCrypt, but OpenSSL usually leaves th

Re: Decrypting WikiLeaks insurance file

2011-09-01 Thread Ben McGinnes
On 2/09/11 3:02 AM, Julian H. Stacey wrote: >> (talk about a long password). However, which tool is used to encrypt it? > > Would running the unix 'file' command give a clue ? Nope, it just comes up as "data" and the only clue as to what type is the .aes256 extension it's been given. Regards, B

Re: Decrypting WikiLeaks insurance file

2011-09-01 Thread Ben McGinnes
On 2/09/11 2:24 AM, Johan Wevers wrote: > Hello, > > I read that the password for the insurance.aes256 file WikiLeaks > distributed some time agoo has been revealed to be It's not the insurance.aes256 file which the password has been revealed for, it's an unredacted version of the Cablegate data.

Re: Decrypting WikiLeaks insurance file

2011-09-01 Thread Julian H. Stacey
> (talk about a long password). However, which tool is used to encrypt it? Would running the unix 'file' command give a clue ? Cheers, Julian -- Julian Stacey, BSD Unix Linux C Sys Eng Consultants Munich http://berklix.com Reply below, not above; Indent with "> "; Cumulative like a play scrip

Decrypting WikiLeaks insurance file

2011-09-01 Thread Johan Wevers
Hello, I read that the password for the insurance.aes256 file WikiLeaks distributed some time agoo has been revealed to be CollectionOfDiplomaticHistorySince_1966_ToThe_PresentDay# (talk about a long password). However, which tool is used to encrypt it? I tried decrypting it with gpg (no valid O