Hi

Has anyone a better idea as Brute Force to get the Data of a Steganos Encrypted File (made with Steganos 7) back.

The Problem: My girlfriend has forgotten the password for the Decryption of the File. So she asked me, if i can help her.
The thing, for what i hate myself is, that i told her a few month ago, that password under 8 signs are useless. So she took a password for this brute force would be a bad choice.

Because of this, can anybody give me some hint for a better method.

I would be thanksfull for every little bit, that could help.

Bye
Zwerg

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If this is true (well, if it is Rijndael indeed) you have one of the two possibilities:
1) bruteforce 2^128 - useless
2) try to understand HOW the program creates the key for Rijndael. If it is not sophisticated enough, you do have a chance.

Hi,

So your girl lost the password to her steg program. I hate when that happens.
Search for a program called stego-ripper. It can help you to recover your lost passwords.

-OBC-

Indeed...LOL!

Googled for stego ripper and got 0 hits. You sure that's the right name?

I suspect Woodmann is playing a joke on swerg, as if his girlfriend would not be making him miserable enough. . .

IF your story is true...which I doubt, but oh well...the only way to crack this thing is to bruteforce it. Better have a good dictionary.

You can also open the protected file in a hex editor, sometimes you can see the password in plain sight...although I doubt it in this case.

Have you searched for a cracking tool for steganos protected files?

And last but not least....perhaps your 'girlfriend' does not want you to see the file...that is what Steganos is for, no?

I doubt this link is up to date or useful, but may be a starting point
http://www.woodmann.com/fravia/mrf_steg.htm