sgsax
sgsax at ksu.edu
Mon Feb 17 00:31:00 CST 2003
John, Sorry, MS included much better password support in A2K. The simple XOR that A97 used does not work. I think I have seen crackers for A2K, but they're not cheap, and certainly not as easy to use as code you hack in yourself. Seth On Mon, Feb 17, 2003 at 01:03:10AM -0500, John W. Colby wrote: > Does anyone know if the database password storage / algorithm for A2K is > different from A97? > > I have a password cracker for A97 that I tested and confirmed to work in A97 > (from that Russian guy (Shamil) ;-) but it doesn't seem to work on a db I > created and password protected in A2K. Does it help to make the password > larger or is it a so simple an algorithm that length makes no difference? > > John W. Colby > Colby Consulting > www.ColbyConsulting.com >