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Story: 'Unfixable' Word password hole exposed
Posted by: Jim Beveridge (Thursday 8 January 2004, 4:22 PM)
This whole discussion about passwords is *way* overblown. If you want to modify a password protected document, you do this:
- Select All
- Copy
- New Document
- Paste
Woohoo! You can edit the document to your heart's content. Of course, you've circumvented a security mechanism and so are probably prosecutable under the DMCA :-)
If you *really* want to modify the original, you go buy a $30 tool to crack the password. It's been available for years.
Full Talkback thread
Story: 'Unfixable' Word password hole exposed
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Office documents have never been secure, for years... Mark -
I forgot the password of my Doc file can anyo... Stephen -
Delbrouck's example is perfrect!
"What happens, as... Mike Junkin
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Since the days of tip-ex and photocopiers, we have... Kay
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This whole discussion about passwords is *way* ove... Jim Beveridge -
What sombody at some security company figures out... Justin
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Possibly already known. I opened a "protected" wo... David J
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I have a Word doc with a 'read-only embedded... Peter Carre
