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@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
  - added bash version checkk to System-Check
  - Daniel Jahre: merged first parts for realtime (RTAI) support
+ - Alan J. Wylie: added libmcrypt
 
 *) 2003-08-29 (2.0.0-rc1 - 2.0.0-rc2)
 
diff --git a/package/alanw/libmcrypt/libmcrypt.desc b/package/alanw/libmcrypt/libmcrypt.desc
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+
+[I] A library for encryption. It can be built into PHP
+
+[T] mcrypt is intended to be a replacement of the old unix
+[T] crypt(1) under the GNU General Public License. Unix Crypt(1)
+[T] was a popular(?)  file encryption program in unix boxes. It
+[T] was based on the enigma encryption algorithm but it was
+[T] considerable trivialized. Since this was not adequate, even
+[T] for individual privacy needs, I decided to create a similar
+[T] program using some modern block encryption algorithms. Mcrypt
+[T] also has a compatibility mode with unix crypt(1) and with
+[T] solaris des(1). It supports all the algorithms and modes
+[T] found in libmcrypt and it is very extendable. At the time
+[T] writing this, it supports the algorithms: BLOWFISH, TWOFISH,
+[T] DES, TripleDES, 3-WAY, SAFER, LOKI97, GOST, RC2, MARS,
+[T] RIJNDAEL, SERPENT, CAST, ARCFOUR and WAKE.  Block algorithms
+[T] are implemented in modes: CFB, CBC, CTR, ECB, OFB (8 bit and
+[T] n bit, where n is the size of the algorithm's block length).
+
+[U] http://mcrypt.hellug.gr/
+
+[A] Nikos Mavroyanopoulos <nmav@hellug.gr>
+[M] Alan J. Wylie <alan.rock@glaramara.freeserve.co.uk>
+
+[C] base/library
+
+[L] LGPL
+[S] Stable
+[V] 2.5.7
+[P] X -----5---9 581.000
+
+[D] 1450526060 libmcrypt-2.5.7.tar.gz ftp://mcrypt.hellug.gr/pub/crypto/mcrypt/libmcrypt/