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RE: Is it possible to read encrypted logs with helper programs without a password?
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Originally posted by linx05
I noticed when the log has been decrypted it is stored as a file on the hard drive (then made hidden it seems). Couldn't it be possible to just recover that deleted file using various programs?
It could be possible in theory, yes. But the chances that you would be able to do that are extremely slim if not non-existing at all. By the time you want to recover the deleted file, there already have been extremely many other disk write operations, which simply overwrote the file.

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Originally posted by linx05
Could there be another way of storing the unencrypted file so it cannot be recovered?
yes, memory mapped files. But this has other big disadvantages and I'm not even sure if you would be able to decently load them in MSIE in the first place. I don't see why you wouldn't use a temporary file though. If anything, a simply overwrite to the file would be more than sufficient.
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Is it possible to read encrypted logs with helper programs without a password? - by ahmetgns on 03-28-2007 at 08:45 PM
RE: Is it possible to read encrypted logs with helper programs without a password? - by prashker on 03-28-2007 at 08:45 PM
RE: Is it possible to read encrypted logs with helper programs without a password? - by deAd on 03-28-2007 at 09:07 PM
RE: Is it possible to read encrypted logs with helper programs without a password? - by MeEtc on 03-28-2007 at 09:18 PM
RE: Is it possible to read encrypted logs with helper programs without a password? - by ahmetgns on 03-28-2007 at 09:19 PM
RE: Is it possible to read encrypted logs with helper programs without a password? - by foaly on 03-28-2007 at 09:28 PM
RE: Is it possible to read encrypted logs with helper programs without a password? - by Adeptus on 03-28-2007 at 09:30 PM
RE: Is it possible to read encrypted logs with helper programs without a password? - by WDZ on 03-28-2007 at 09:39 PM
RE: Is it possible to read encrypted logs with helper programs without a password? - by ahmetgns on 03-28-2007 at 09:42 PM
RE: Is it possible to read encrypted logs with helper programs without a password? - by Patchou on 03-29-2007 at 04:11 AM
RE: Is it possible to read encrypted logs with helper programs without a password? - by linx05 on 03-29-2007 at 06:33 AM
RE: Is it possible to read encrypted logs with helper programs without a password? - by CookieRevised on 03-29-2007 at 09:57 AM
RE: Is it possible to read encrypted logs with helper programs without a password? - by Patchou on 03-29-2007 at 06:20 PM
RE: Is it possible to read encrypted logs with helper programs without a password? - by linx05 on 03-30-2007 at 02:53 AM
RE: Is it possible to read encrypted logs with helper programs without a password? - by ohyouknowme on 04-06-2007 at 11:14 AM
RE: Is it possible to read encrypted logs with helper programs without a password? - by Ezra on 04-06-2007 at 11:27 AM
RE: Is it possible to read encrypted logs with helper programs without a password? - by ohyouknowme on 04-06-2007 at 11:29 AM
RE: Is it possible to read encrypted logs with helper programs without a password? - by Ezra on 04-06-2007 at 11:31 AM
RE: Is it possible to read encrypted logs with helper programs without a password? - by ohyouknowme on 04-06-2007 at 11:34 AM
RE: Is it possible to read encrypted logs with helper programs without a password? - by Ezra on 04-06-2007 at 11:51 AM
RE: Is it possible to read encrypted logs with helper programs without a password? - by ohyouknowme on 04-06-2007 at 02:40 PM
RE: Is it possible to read encrypted logs with helper programs without a password? - by Adeptus on 04-06-2007 at 04:26 PM
RE: Is it possible to read encrypted logs with helper programs without a password? - by ohyouknowme on 04-06-2007 at 04:37 PM
RE: Is it possible to read encrypted logs with helper programs without a password? - by jajajanneke on 10-16-2007 at 11:02 PM
RE: Is it possible to read encrypted logs with helper programs without a password? - by Adeptus on 10-16-2007 at 11:11 PM


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