Re: [users] how to open a spreadsheet file with password
Richard Detwiler wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: obviously i do not recall the password Obviously not -- but also obviously, w/o the password, no one else can open it either. snip You need the password to open it. Without the password, there isn't any realistic way to open it. It may go without saying, but that's the purpose of password-protecting a file -- that it can't be opened w/o the password. There is an OOo macro available that takes a list of possible passwords and will attempt to open the file. If your password was a random sequence of letters and/or numbers, it won't work. tc - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] how to open a spreadsheet file with password
On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 08:44, Anthony Chilco wrote: If your password was a random sequence of letters and/or numbers, it won't work. Not quite true. Source code at http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=23014highlight=password+cracker 125 passwords checked per second. Number of possible passwords is k^n. n = number of characters used in the password; k = number of glyphs that can be used; Macro is at http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=87718package_id=173080 You might be waiting a very long time. # The break even point for an OOo password recovery service is around US$10^9 per document. xan jonathon - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] how to open a spreadsheet file with password
i have a file that i have not used for a long time, in which there is a contact no. for a long term client of mine. i cannot open the file. can i email it to someone who can open it? thanks reuben
Re: [users] how to open a spreadsheet file with password
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i have a file that i have not used for a long time, in which there is a contact no. for a long term client of mine. i cannot open the file. can i email it to someone who can open it? thanks reuben You need the password to open it. Without the password, there isn't any realistic way to open it. It may go without saying, but that's the purpose of password-protecting a file -- that it can't be opened w/o the password. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] how to open a spreadsheet file with password
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: obviously i do not recall the password Obviously not -- but also obviously, w/o the password, no one else can open it either. (Please respond to the list (users@openoffice.org) and not to me personally, in the future.) - Original Message - From: Richard Detwiler [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2008 1:16 PM Subject: Re: [users] how to open a spreadsheet file with password [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i have a file that i have not used for a long time, in which there is a contact no. for a long term client of mine. i cannot open the file. can i email it to someone who can open it? thanks reuben You need the password to open it. Without the password, there isn't any realistic way to open it. It may go without saying, but that's the purpose of password-protecting a file -- that it can't be opened w/o the password. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
