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How to decrypt .ple files??
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O.P. How to decrypt .ple files??
Hello there .. I'm new here

I'm sorry if this is not right place for this ..

Over the weeks, months, and years (H) .. I lost my password for Log Files

Now, I wanna decrypt them or change the password ..

How can I do it ?

Sorry for bad English (N)
08-16-2010 07:37 PM
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RE: How to decrypt .ple files??
Put simply. You can't.

It would make using a password a useless feature
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08-16-2010 08:47 PM
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RE: How to decrypt .ple files??
Brute-force them..?
08-16-2010 09:44 PM
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RE: How to decrypt .ple files??
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Brute-force them..?

No.

6 character password ~= 1 month of brute forcing

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08-16-2010 09:50 PM
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RE: How to decrypt .ple files??
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Brute-force them..?

No.

6 character password ~= 1 month of brute forcing

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That was dated August 11, 2007. There is no mention on how powerful the computer s + we don't know how long the users password is in this case.

So technically, it can be done with a small password or a powerful PC :P
08-16-2010 09:58 PM
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RE: How to decrypt .ple files??
Technically....

...ANY general estimated time for brute forcing is plain wrong and should never be taken as an 'estimate' (eg: Spunky's link). It highly depends on the encryption method and thus the time it takes to decrypt something.

eg: Given the same password, encryption method A might be brute forced in 10 days, while encryption method B will take 10 months, just because decryption in method B takes a while longer than A.

There is no way you can say 6 characters ~= 1 month.

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Anyways, bottom line is, and will always be:
in practice it is impossible to decrypt an encrypted chat log if you don't know the password. There is no shortcut, backdoor, or whatever...

Lost password = Lost encrypted logs
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08-17-2010 12:54 AM
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