Re: Re[2]: MS Access 2.0

acpizer@mach.unseen.org
Wed, 1 Jul 1998 10:42:32 +0100 (BST)

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 Yes, you are funny, Maybe you'd understand my point from my previous
message,

 As a person I don't have much to say, except: ooh well..

bye.

On Mon, 29 Jun 1998 jnbailly@west.raytheon.com wrote:

> 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
>
>
>
> ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________
> 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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