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From: johnl@esegue.segue.boston.ma.us (John R. Levine)
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Subject: Re: Lotus's worksheet password protection
Message-ID: <1989Oct13.215323.3265@esegue.segue.boston.ma.us>
Date: 13 Oct 89 21:53:23 GMT
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Reply-To: johnl@esegue.segue.boston.ma.us (John R. Levine)
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Lotus's password protection is not supposed to be terribly sophisticated,
and I'm sure anyone who knows anything about cryptanalysis could break it
without a whole lot of trouble, particularly since the contents of worksheets
are quite structured, so the code-breaker has a good idea of what to look for.

There have been occasionaly rumors that there is a trap-door, but I am not
inclined to believe them.  If someone desperately wants to know, I could
probably find out for sure.
-- 
John R. Levine, Segue Software, POB 349, Cambridge MA 02238, +1 617 864 9650
johnl@esegue.segue.boston.ma.us, {ima|lotus|spdcc}!esegue!johnl
Massachusetts has over 100,000 unlicensed drivers.  -The Globe