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How hard is it to crack a password that's been set for a Word or .
We're considering using the password protection built in the Office when
emailing Word and Excel, but I'm wondering how secure this method really is. I see alot of companies on the internet who offer to crack a password code for a fee. |
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With regard to Excel, your information is never completely safe. As you've
seen, there's plenty of free and commercial password crackers out there that can bypass worksheet protection, workbook protection, file protection, and VBA project protection. Bottom line: remove confidential data from workbooks before sharing them. HTH Jason Atlanta, GA "Jennifer" wrote: We're considering using the password protection built in the Office when emailing Word and Excel, but I'm wondering how secure this method really is. I see alot of companies on the internet who offer to crack a password code for a fee. |
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Jennifer wrote:
We're considering using the password protection built in the Office when emailing Word and Excel, but I'm wondering how secure this method really is. I see alot of companies on the internet who offer to crack a password code for a fee. It will be secure from someone casually snooping through it. Anyone seriously interested in the file will probably be able to get into it though. If you need it to actually be secure, then you need to get a real encryption program -- PGP for example with public key encryption. The NSC could probably still crack the file with enough effort, but I doubt any local hacker could. Bill |
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