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Shippo
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O.P. Cracking the passwords....
Uck.. I used to keep logs of some of my chats, especially those of my g/f or something.. But, not only did I keep logs, but I encrypted them for the sake of privacy. One problem now: I can't figure out the stupid password anymore. I thought it was one password, but it wasn't, so I tried different passwords I could of used. None of them worked... So, is it possible to even crack the encryption or anything? There's something I want to pull out of the log, but I can't get in it... -_-
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09-17-2007 10:49 PM |
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RE: Cracking the passwords....
impossible.
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09-17-2007 10:51 PM |
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RE: Cracking the passwords....
you could brute force it, but that might take many lifetimes to actually give any results
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09-18-2007 12:14 AM |
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RE: Cracking the passwords....
If it's on your own computer, and you're still encrypting your own logs, it'd be quicker to find out how Messenger Plus encrypts the logs, and then brute-force the two keys stored in HKCU\Software\Patchou\Messenger Plus! Live\<email>\Log*Key* .
But still, that's going to take forever as well. And I mean forever.
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09-18-2007 09:49 AM |
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O.P. RE: Cracking the passwords....
I see... hmm, I'll have to figure out something at some point..
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09-18-2007 05:27 PM |
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RE: Cracking the passwords....
I would recommend using a fixed secure password for everything and u will never go wrong... ![(Y)](images/smilies/msn_up.gif)
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09-18-2007 09:13 PM |
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RE: Cracking the passwords....
quote: Originally posted by lrac522
I would recommend using a fixed secure password for everything and u will never go wrong...![(Y)](images/smilies/msn_up.gif)
And then when someone finds out they will have access to anything you secured with this password rendering the encryption useless.
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09-18-2007 11:20 PM |
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RE: Cracking the passwords....
quote: Originally posted by Ezra
quote: Originally posted by lrac522
I would recommend using a fixed secure password for everything and u will never go wrong...![(Y)](images/smilies/msn_up.gif)
And then when someone finds out they will have access to anything you secured with this password rendering the encryption useless.
thats why you don't tell people your passwords
its really not that hard, to have one or two set passwords for every thing. if someone find its out, then you're a nub. but at least you know its the same everywhere, so you can access everything easily and don't have to remember lots of different passwords. granted things like bank accounts should be different (mainly as banks tend to set the username/password themself.)
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09-18-2007 11:32 PM |
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RE: RE: Cracking the passwords....
quote: Originally posted by toddy
quote: Originally posted by Ezra
quote: Originally posted by lrac522
I would recommend using a fixed secure password for everything and u will never go wrong...![(Y)](images/smilies/msn_up.gif)
And then when someone finds out they will have access to anything you secured with this password rendering the encryption useless.
thats why you don't tell people your passwords ![:rolleyes:](images/smilies/xso_rolleyes.gif)
EXACTLY! That's what I was just about to say...
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09-19-2007 12:46 AM |
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RE: Cracking the passwords....
Note: version 4.50 will allow you to set a password hint to prevent this kind of thing from happening.
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09-19-2007 04:00 AM |
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