Decrypting WikiLeaks insurance file

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On Fri, 2 Sep 2011, Ben McGinnes wrote:

> The password or passphrase for insurance.aes256 has not yet been 
> revealed, but that file is believed to have been encrypted with either 
> TrueCrypt or OpenSSL, probably the latter.
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i'm not sure about TrueCrypt, but OpenSSL usually leaves this clue...

 	$ strings file.enc | head -1
 	Salted__


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