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by anon176 2331 days ago
They also used CBC over EBC for the encryption mode. Which is good. Looks like they were at least trying to keep it safe.
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Assuming one byte per character, you'd have to have a 17 character password before you're using multiple blocks. For any password shorter than that, this cipher is pretty much operating in ECB mode due to the re-used IV.