lost openoffice.org password

[Marc Lijour]

Le June 13, 2004 06:25 pm, Sidney Shapiro a écrit :
> > If the password length (or approximate length) is known, and an idea
>
> of
>
> > which characters and/or numbers and/or symbols might have been used,
>
> you
>
> > can always try brute forcing it. :)
> >
> > Lennart Sorensen
>
> Brute force or Lophtcrack would probably work, it depends how complex
> the encryption algorithm is and how long the password is.

Because OOo files are zip files, you can open one and look in the xml files.
I believe there is one under META-INF that lists the algorithm employed and 
the files protected.

I may recall that it is blowfish.
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