"Some time"? If the password was strong, it could take many years!
On Mar 9, 10:48 pm, Nikolay Elenkov <nikolay.elen...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 11:32 AM, Pure J <purej1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I am doing an update on my application. I would like to sign it and > > publish > > However, when doing the process of jarsigner. It prompt me for the > > passphrase, unluckily , I forgot the passphrase. > > So, I would like to have some advice on it. > > > 1) Is it possible to recovery/reset the passpharse of the keystore. > > Write a program to brute force it, start it and keep your fingers crossed :) > > Someone already reverse-engineered it for your convenience: > > http://metastatic.org/source/JKS.html > > Might take some time, depending on how long your password was. > If you remember *exactly* how long it was, that would make things easier. > > Just another proof that the current scheme is broken. > (see the 'A Cautionary Tale: Backup your Keystore' thread) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en