Totally open to discussion. I have yet to see one. I also have yet to even see a snippet or an idea that hints to it being possible. Due to the limited features of batch, I dont believe that it is possible to make a crypter using batch.
Wiki for anyone who feels like reading:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptography
Basically, cryptography works by taking the text and translating it based on a key. Then, the only way to translate it back, is to use the same key and reverse the algorithm.
For example, my key is 1232 and we'll do a simple ROT-X based on my key, using this ASCII table (http://www.asciitable.com/) (my cryptolography knowledge is rather limited, I only understand the simple basics, so if I am wrong in something, please say so)
We'll encrypt the text "Hello world" (creative, I know)
ROT is short for rotation, which means that each character in my string has a value (which can be found using an ASCII table). We then add a number to that value, then find the new char from the table. This becomes the encrypted character.
Take H for starters. My key starts at 1 so we will ROT-1 H. H has a value on the table of 72. 72 + 1 = 73. Find 73 on the table...I. Our encrypted string is now "Iello world"
Next is e and 2, then l and 3, then l and 2, then o and 1, etc, etc. The encrypted string is "Igonp yrtmf" or something like that. Trying to decrypt that text without knowing the key would be "impossible" (not impossible, but difficult).
So, the two things that are needed to encrypt something are a key and an algorithm. This is an extremely basic string encryption (string encryption is the easier of all encryption types) and I challenge anybody to create a strong algorithm in batch. I've seen a few decent ones, but they're easy to crack, which makes the crypting useless.
The other factor to take into account is that, when cryping your file, it needs to be able to run independently. Which further means that the key and algorithm cannot crypt themselves, otherwise they would change to a different (encrypted) key/algorithm and result is massively different decrypted data.
I hope this makes sense and I'm ready for discussion!
Wiki for anyone who feels like reading:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptography
Basically, cryptography works by taking the text and translating it based on a key. Then, the only way to translate it back, is to use the same key and reverse the algorithm.
For example, my key is 1232 and we'll do a simple ROT-X based on my key, using this ASCII table (http://www.asciitable.com/) (my cryptolography knowledge is rather limited, I only understand the simple basics, so if I am wrong in something, please say so)
We'll encrypt the text "Hello world" (creative, I know)
ROT is short for rotation, which means that each character in my string has a value (which can be found using an ASCII table). We then add a number to that value, then find the new char from the table. This becomes the encrypted character.
Take H for starters. My key starts at 1 so we will ROT-1 H. H has a value on the table of 72. 72 + 1 = 73. Find 73 on the table...I. Our encrypted string is now "Iello world"
Next is e and 2, then l and 3, then l and 2, then o and 1, etc, etc. The encrypted string is "Igonp yrtmf" or something like that. Trying to decrypt that text without knowing the key would be "impossible" (not impossible, but difficult).
So, the two things that are needed to encrypt something are a key and an algorithm. This is an extremely basic string encryption (string encryption is the easier of all encryption types) and I challenge anybody to create a strong algorithm in batch. I've seen a few decent ones, but they're easy to crack, which makes the crypting useless.
The other factor to take into account is that, when cryping your file, it needs to be able to run independently. Which further means that the key and algorithm cannot crypt themselves, otherwise they would change to a different (encrypted) key/algorithm and result is massively different decrypted data.
I hope this makes sense and I'm ready for discussion!
