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Get access to password locked rar archive without bruteforcing?

Hello,

I'd like to ask if there is another way to get access to a locked rar archive without having to bruteforce the pw.
Trying to bruteforce it seems to be ineffective and slow to me.


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Short answer is no. The reason is because when you use a password on winrar it encrypts the archive with that password. So you need to decrypt the archive rather than just removing the password. So unfortunately you need to brute it in less you can find some kind of weakness in the encryption algorithm.

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(May 25, 2019 06:27 AM)tux1 Wrote:  Short answer is no. The reason is because when you use a password on winrar it encrypts the archive with that password. So you need to decrypt the archive rather than just removing the password. So unfortunately you need to brute it in less you can find some kind of weakness in the encryption algorithm.

I kinda expected this to be the case. But thanks for your answer :)

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(May 25, 2019 05:11 AM)3xploit Wrote:  Hello,

I'd like to ask if there is another way to get access to a locked rar archive without having to bruteforce the pw.
Trying to bruteforce it seems to be ineffective and slow to me.


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You can try it with John the Ripper. Its a bit faster :P


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