Shoutbox

Hi,

I'm having a problem with the speed of decrypting the logs now. I checked the FAQ and it said I could speed it up by using a smaller decryption key.

I had originally used 2048, so the speed was expected to be that bad.

I have got fed up with having to wait over 2 minutes to decrypt a log file now, so I have tried putting it to 384.

No effect... I'm guessing it hasn't re-encrypted my logs, because it's still taking the same amount of time to open them. I have tried using the "Change Files Password..." button, but it still does no effect.

Can someone please help me? How can I get it to re-encrypt the log with the 384 key so I can actually open the log in a reasonable amount of time? The 2048 was just ridiculous.

Thanks,

Domsy

Have you tried the 'Change files password' button?

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Originally posted by Domsy
I have tried using the "Change Files Password..." button, but it still does no effect.

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RaceProUK, please check the entire post.

The only thing I can think of now is to delete the logs, and keep a backup of the encrypted versions. It would be nice to be able to re-encrypt what I have already though.

As far as i know you can't re-encrypt them..

It seems to be alright now. It has automatically started making new logs with (2) after the filename. This is acceptable.

Thanks

1) Changing passwords will not change the used encryption method.

2) Changing the encryption method will only be good for setting the encryption for new logs.

3) To re-encrypt (or to decrypt) you need, for now, to use the command line parameters of the MPTools.exe tool in your Plus! directory.

Type "Log Viewer.exe" /?  to bring up a box with possible parameters.

PS: remember to put strings which contain spaces between quotes. eg:
"c:\plus!\log viewer.exe" /decrypt="c:\my logs\contact1@hotmail.com.ple" /pwd="my password"

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
1) Changing passwords will not change the used encryption method.

2) Changing the encryption method will only be good for setting the encryption for new logs.

3) To re-encrypt (or to decrypt) you need, for now, to use the command line parameters of the MPTools.exe tool in your Plus! directory.

Type "Log Viewer.exe" /?  to bring up a box with possible parameters.

PS: remember to put strings which contain spaces between quotes. eg:
"c:\plus!\log viewer.exe" /decrypt="c:\my logs\contact1@hotmail.com.ple" /pwd="my password"

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Thanks, but is this necessary now that it's already made another log? The log with (2) in the filename seems to open fast, although I'm not completely sure if that's due to it being a new log and not having much data in it.

I'll see how fast the access to it remains after it gets bigger. If it gets as slow as it used to, I'll do your method.

Thanks

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Originally posted by Domsy

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
1) Changing passwords will not change the used encryption method.

2) Changing the encryption method will only be good for setting the encryption for new logs.

3) To re-encrypt (or to decrypt) you need, for now, to use the command line parameters of the MPTools.exe tool in your Plus! directory.

Type "Log Viewer.exe" /?  to bring up a box with possible parameters.

PS: remember to put strings which contain spaces between quotes. eg:
"c:\plus!\log viewer.exe" /decrypt="c:\my logs\contact1@hotmail.com.ple" /pwd="my password"

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Thanks, but is this necessary now that it's already made another log?

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Entirly depends on what you want... If you're satisfied with the second log, then that's good...

If you want to re-encrypt both logs (with the 384 key length) and concatenate them together so you only have 1 log, you need to use the commad line parameters.

But also, my reply was to those who said you can't re-encrypt files or decrypt them or whatever.

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Originally posted by Domsy
The log with (2) in the filename seems to open fast, although I'm not completely sure if that's due to it being a new log and not having much data in it.

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Probably both.... The new log will now be encrypted with the 384 key as changing the encryption key length will have no influence on existing logs, only on newly created logs. The 384 key is way faster than the 2048 key. Also, because it contains less data it can be decrypted faster.