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OpenOffice.org Password Cracker Is What You Make Of It

[ Thanks to An Anonymous Reader for
this link. ]

“What do you do if you forget the password to your
OpenOffice.org files? The simplest solution is to download OOo
Password Cracker, a macro for opening protected documents in any
OpenOffice.org application. Using a brute force dictionary attack,
OOo Password Cracker provides a slow but reliable method of
document recovery. However, the macro requires some preparation if
you want to use it effectively.

“To start with, before you can use the spreadsheet that contains
the OOo Password Cracker macro to open a password-protected file,
you need to set up a directory that contains at least one
dictionary…”

Complete
Story

Related Story:
OpenOffice
Password Crack is Open to Abuse
(Apr 24, 2007)

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