FP5.7 linux encryption

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Encryption algorithm used?  Cipher used?  Bit strength?

People generally inquire when they face security audits, either internally
(possibly after a takeover/buyout), or externally due to third-party
customer IT security questionairre/audit.  This -detailed- information
would be very beneficial for them to have.

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On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 03:10:39PM -0500, Kenneth Brody thus spoke:
> On 2/18/2014 9:48 AM, Richard D. Williams wrote:
> > Can anyone give me a brief description of the encryption used in FP
> > Linux 5.7 for a file?
> 
> What sort of information are you looking for?
> 
> When you set up an encrypted filePro file, the key (and data, if used) files 
> are encrypted, based on the key you specify in define files.  Each record is 
> encrypted separately (ie: each record is independent of all other records), 
> along with a nonce based (IIRC) on the filename and record number.  That 
> way, even two identical records will not encrypt to the same data.
> 
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> Kenneth Brody
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