Re[2]: MS Access 2.0

jnbailly@west.raytheon.com
Mon, 29 Jun 98 08:38:32 PST

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     It shouldn't bother anyone who cares about advancing knowledge.... As
     I indicated in an earlier post, the only way we can learn is by
     building on the work of other people. It does very MUCH bother me
     that people are unwilling to do so. Acpizer, are you currently
     working on inventing the wheel? *smile*
     
     Jacob Bailly
     

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Subject: Re: MS Access 2.0
Author: acpizer@mach.unseen.org at CCGATE
Date: 6/26/98 9:46 AM

he's making money on your account, maybe it doesn't bother you, but it
does bother me.
     
 bye,
   acpizer.
     
     
On Tue, 23 Jun 1998, Adam Shostack wrote:
     
> Part of doing research is to ensure you're not re-inventing
> the wheel before you start doing hard work. I'm perfectly happy to
> have Mike ask questions about this stuff; the answers are often
> enlightening to the rest of us.
>
> Anyway, Access97 passwords are stored in the 13 bytes from offset
> 0x42 in a .mdb file. Do a bitwise XOR with 0x86, 0xFB, 0xEC, 0x37,
> 0x5D, 0x44, 0x9C, 0xFA, 0xC6, 0x5E, 0x28, 0xE6, 0x13 to recover the
> plaintext. I think that if the first byte is 0x86, the password is
> not checked.
>
> Adam
>
>
>
>
> acpizer@mach.unseen.org wrote:
> | You call yourself "Cryptographer / Programmer" but can't figure out how
> | access' password verification algorithm works?
> |
> | You expect everybody to help you, earn your money and do it YOURSELF.
> |
> | stop asking stupid questions and do the research on your own.
> |
> | signed,
> | acpizer.
> |
> |
> | On Fri, 19 Jun 1998 staym@accessdata.com wrote:
> |
> | > Does anyone know what algorithm MS uses to verify passwords for Access
> | > 2.0 accounts?
> | > --
> | > Mike Stay
> | > Cryptographer / Programmer
> | > AccessData Corp.
> | > mailto:staym@accessdata.com
> | >
> |
>
>
> --
> "It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once."
> -Hume
>
>
>
     

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