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Originally posted by ItsLost
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Originally posted by Ezra
I'm guessing the thread you mean is Tool to encrypt or decrypt log files
There is indeed something said about a password check length, but I think this is the length of this string I meant that plus! compares to see if it's correct.
Good guess.
It is indeed comparing something. And if it can do that, there must be stored something to compare with.
I think you're confusing things though.
What is being compared is a special string, not a password! The string is like an encrypted mini-log and is decrypted using the password you provide to check if the password is correct. This is done so the entire, often very big, real log doesn't need to be decrypted in order to see if the password is correct or not.
Only if this mini-log is properly decrypted Plus! will start to decrypt the real log. If that mini-log isn't properly decrypted you get the error that the password was incorrect.
The 'length' talked about in that thread is the length of this mini-log, not the length of the password. In that thread this "mini-log" is called "encrypted password check string".
The password, nor any clues about it, aren't stored anywhere.
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