Re: [cti-cybox] File/Artifact Encryption & Archive Properties

[Trey Darley <trey@newcontext.com>]

On 25.09.2017 13:38:58, Back, Greg wrote:
> 
> Is there a need to specify that a file is encrypted, even if it’s
> not possible or desirable to specify *how* it is encrypted?
> 

If I can't determine the type of encryption used on a file,
essentially all I can say as a producer is, "I was unable to make any
sense of this file - it might just be 4kB of /dev/urandom output."

Seems pretty unhelpful to me, but maybe there are use cases I can't
imagine.

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Cheers,
Trey
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