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Old 11-12-2009
Identify a file for encryption or decryption
Dear Members,

Can we find if a particular file is encrypted or decrypted.

I need a command by which i should be able to identify if a file is encrypted or decrypted.

How can we do this?
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Old 11-12-2009
There are so many ways to encrypt a file.

For this reason, it is not really feasible to have a simple command to determine if the file is encrypted.

For example, how about an encryption scheme where you simply shift each letter of the alphabet to the right by 8 characters? Or how about if the encryption scheme is to substitute each letter based on a one time pad?

So, you need to be very specific when discussing "encrypted files".
 
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