cvs commit: src/usr.bin/enigma enigma.1

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

In message <20040514193008.503382081E at citi.umich.edu>, Jim Rees writes:
>  You may want to amend it into the 21st century regarding what the 
>  alternatives are for "real" encryption -- perhaps replace all of the 
>  mentioned alternatives with openssl(1), or just replace bdes(1)...
>
>You might also want to clarify that the encryption is a simple single rotor,
>not the more difficult (but still unsafe) German military Enigma.

You're pretty wrong about it being unsafe.

Enigma as such is actually safe, it was mainly the way it was used
and the amount of systematic trafic that made it unsafe for the
germans.

It is of course not a very strong crypto by todays standards, but still
very safe all in all.

I would propose that the enigma(1) man page contain the URL of the
bletchly park trust.

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