> it'll be a massive, messy, > non-sensical, arbitrary, encrypted-out-the-wazoo tornado of CHAOS!!!!!!!! Terms like the above a usually applied to non standard encryption schemes which are not publicly tested but homemade and therefore considered to be secure. Unless you are a cryptologist i fully agree: You4re screwed! > if you can crack it, you can have it. only a moron would spend the time it > would take. Sounds like you did not expect someone out there to be more genius than the author of that piece of code. A somewhat naive perspective of the reality. Germain -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics