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Who knows, anyways maybe you should run ent on the insurance.aes256 file for us; I am also curious as to the output. I would do it but as I stated before, it might take way too long on my desktop :(

Ok, now it works using vuze.

Cool! You should have it in no time considering the number of seeders ;).

Yup, have it, and here's the output I wanted:

Code:

bash-4.1$ sha1sum insurance.aes256 

cce54d3a8af370213d23fcbfe8cddc8619a0734c  insurance.aes256

bash-4.1$ ent insurance.aes256 

Entropy = 8.000000 bits per byte. (8 = random)



Optimum compression would reduce the size of this 1491834576 byte file by 

0 percent. (0 = random)



Chi square distribution for 1491834576 samples is 285.70,

 and randomly would exceed this value

9.05 percent of the times. (50 = random)



Arithmetic mean value of data bytes is 

127.4998 (127.5 = random).



Monte Carlo value for Pi is 3.141583671 

(error 0.000285920 percent). (0.0 = random)



Serial correlation coefficient is 

-0.000029 (totally uncorrelated = 0.0).

Oh, and the interpretation is: It probably is an encrypted file.

I guess the government realized that censoring this web site looks worse than anything that is on this web site
and
had the good since to stop blocking it from the people of the US

today we have seen big brother in action
let's hope this little bit of history is never repeated

Quote:

Originally Posted by H_TeXMeX_H (Post 4180724)

Yup, have it, and here's the output I wanted:

Oh, and the interpretation is: It probably is an encrypted file.

did you try to open it ?
is it encrypted ?

is the censorship of this information over ?

Quote:

Originally Posted by rob.rice (Post 4180733)

did you try to open it ?
is it encrypted ?

is the censorship of this information over ?

Well, nobody has release the password, AFAIK. I have tried some things suggested on cryptome:
http://cryptome.org/0002/wl-diary-mirror.htm

EDIT:
I notice that the file starts with the word 'Salted__'

EDIT2:
https://www.pidder.com/pidcrypt/?page=aes-cbc
http://juliusdavies.ca/commons-ssl/j...l/OpenSSL.html

EDIT3:

I am quite certain that:

1) This is an encrypted file.
2) It was made using openssl.

Quote:

Originally Posted by H_TeXMeX_H (Post 4180736)

the .7z at the end makes me think it's a 7zip file
I'm building 7zip from the source at this location http://timeoff.wsisiz.edu.pl/rpms.html

I don't notice any .7z, where is that exactly ?

Quote:

Originally Posted by H_TeXMeX_H (Post 4180765)

I don't notice any .7z, where is that exactly ?

on the end of the file name of the copy I downloaded from the default torrent sever for ktorrent

Quote:

Originally Posted by leopard (Post 4180429)

DOUBLE EDIT: I'm going to refrain from saying anything offensive. I will just simply say I don't like this guy or what he's doing and leave at that.

Sorry for the confusion.

+1, likewise

Quote:

Originally Posted by rob.rice (Post 4180779)

on the end of the file name of the copy I downloaded from the default torrent sever for ktorrent

Hmm, well usually 7zip files have '7z' at the beginning of the file.

Quote:

Originally Posted by rob.rice (Post 4180779)

on the end of the file name of the copy I downloaded from the default torrent sever for ktorrent

There is no 7z extension of any kind. Did you check the file you downloaded against the original sha-1 sum to be sure? The insurance.aes256 file I have does not have any 7z extension and matches the sha-1 provided from wikileaks and cryptome.

sha-1 sum: cce54d3a8af370213d23fcbfe8cddc8619a0734c

Also I don't remember where I read this, but supposedly this file can have multiple passwords, each password only unlocking certain portions of the file, who knows.

as far as I can tell
it's a copy of the web site all the files in the archive are in html format
not encrypted at all just in a format not usually encountered in the linux world

I am pleased to report the censorship seems to be over

Quote:

Originally Posted by rob.rice (Post 4180792)

I am pleased to report the censorship seems to be over

Much to the chagrin of BigBro :).

Quote:

From http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/12/03/wik...ing/index.html

U.S. agencies warn unauthorized employees not to look at WikiLeaks

Washington (CNN) -- Unauthorized federal workers and contractors have been warned not to attempt to read the classified documents on WikiLeaks on either government or personal computers.

The White House Office of Management and Budget sent a memo Friday afternoon forbidding unauthorized federal government employees and contractors from accessing classified documents publicly available on WikiLeaks and other websites using computers or devices like BlackBerrys and smart phones.

The memo, sent to general counsels at various government agencies and obtained by CNN, explains that the publishing by WikiLeaks does "not alter the documents' classified status or automatically result in declassification of the documents."

"To the contrary, classified information, whether or not already posted on public websites or disclosed to the media remains classified, and must be treated as such by federal employees and contractors, until it is declassified by an appropriate U.S. Government authority," the memo said.

The memo does allow for reading of articles about the cables on media sites.

OMB spokesperson Moira Mack said the memo "does not advise agencies to block WikiLeaks or other websites on government computer systems."

"This is principally about protecting government IT systems," Mack said.

She described the memo as a template for agencies to use as guidance, saying it "restates and reinforces existing restrictions on access to classified documents by unauthorized personnel or on computers that access the web via non-classified government systems."

Asked if employees could lose their jobs if they access the WikiLeaks website on personal or government computers or devices, Mack told CNN, "Any breaches of protocols governing access to classified material are subject to applicable sanctions under long-standing and existing law."

The State Department sent a warning to staff not to confirm the authenticity of any published documents and to refer all inquiries to the public affairs office.

"The department is reviewing the material that has been made public. We take reports of the deliberate and unauthorized disclosure of classified material very seriously," according to a copy of the memo obtained by CNN. "The security and safekeeping of classified material and the safety of State Department personnel are our highest priorities."

The State Department memo also reminded the staff that even though they are published, the normal standards for handling classified documents apply when viewed at work or home.

"Any classification markings on the downloaded material should be retained. If such material is printed, however, it must be handled as a classified document and stored in a classified container," the memo said.

Separately, the Department of Defense and the Library of Congress have blocked access to the WikiLeaks website from their computers and instructed their employees not to read the documents published by the website, according to representatives of both agencies.

"We have put out a policy saying Department of Defense military, civilian and contractor personnel should not access the WikiLeaks website to view or download the publicized classified information," Department of Defense spokesman Maj. Chris Perrine told CNN. "Doing so could introduce potentially classified information on unclassified networks. This creates 'spillage' which can result in a great cost of time, manpower and money."

The statement echoes similar language in the Office of Management and Budget memo.

Library of Congress spokesman Matthew Raymond issued a statement saying the library "decided to block WikiLeaks because applicable law obligates federal agencies to protect classified information. Unauthorized disclosures of classified documents do not alter the documents' classified status or automatically result in declassification of the documents."

He said the block applies to patrons working in the library's reading room as well as Library of Congress staff.

Oh, only stopped reading the cables to post that, now I'll get back to browsing cablegate :D.