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From: raymond@math.berkeley.edu (Raymond Chen)
Subject: Re: WordPerfect Password Protection
In-Reply-To: valley@uchicago (Doug Dougherty)
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In article <valley.670508993@gsbsun>, valley@uchicago (Doug Dougherty) writes:
>it isn't clear to this author whether or not the file supplies a
>program to do it or merely prose explaining how.

As the uploader of the file in question, I guess I should say that the
archive contains the text of an article in the cryptology journal
`Cryptologia' that gives step-by-step instructions on how to crack the
password protection.  All you need is DEBUG, a pencil, and some paper.

The archive also contains the text of a letter from WPCorp in response
to the accusation that the security of password protection is pathetic.
(They concede that it's feeble.)