Berkeley CSUA MOTD:Entry 32500
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2004/7/27 [Computer/SW/Security] UID:32500 Activity:very high
7/27    Is there any freewares out that that I can use to recover my locked
        Word Excel, and Outlook files?  I have not opened them for about 2
        years and can only remember some, but not all of the them.  I have
        found some that costs about $40-$70 but are not good enough.  There's
        one that cost $150+ that told it located my password, but would not
        show it to me since I have not registered for it yet.  Better yet, is
        there some simple sample programs that I can programmatically try to
        open the files?  I can write a simple brute-force program to do it.  I
        am in no hurry to recover my passwords.
        \_ If you had used PGP, you wouldn't have to worry about this now.
           \_ explain
              \_ If the files were PGP-encrypted and you lost your key, there'd
                 be no point in worrying about getting your data back because
                 you wouldn't.
                 It's a bit like locking up a bike with a toy lock.  If you
                 lose the key it's not too hard to break the lock, but if
                 someone else wanted to steal your bike, the lock would be
                 pretty useless.
        \_ Try Apache POI.  It's Java API that can open Word and Excel files.
           Their website also has links to other competing packages.
           Also, if you want to use the API interactively,  consider using
           it through Jython.  -jeffwong
        \_ http://www.elcomsoft.com/prs.html
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