WinRAR lost password

01-01-2007, 10:41

TippeX

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Originally Posted by Neipas02

by why couldn't the password portion in winrar have been mapped by now..
you know take one file and just keep changing the password and compare hex files with the original un password protected file to find the changes?

try it, winrar hashes the password, then uses a hash of this as a key to the cryption, therby making every byte totally different, so you'll never 'see' the password by trying your approach... if it was that simple it'd have been done by now.. i suggest you read up on crypto

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