<![CDATA[Faster way of testing passwords on huge PAE files?]]>I have a 2 gig PAE file that I’m not sure what the password is, I have a few guesses, but trying each password takes like an hour. Is there a faster way of finding out if I have the right password or not?

]]>https://forums.powerarchiver.com/topic/3806/faster-way-of-testing-passwords-on-huge-pae-filesRSS for NodeSat, 08 Aug 2026 19:09:33 GMTTue, 10 Nov 2009 18:17:13 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Faster way of testing passwords on huge PAE files? on Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:38:39 GMT]]>@spwolf:

there is no faster way, this was done on purpose to significantly slow down dictionary based attacks.

you can use zip aes or 7zip aes instead if you want…

Yeah I don’t know why I didn’t think of this, that is a very good reason :)

]]>https://forums.powerarchiver.com/post/22650https://forums.powerarchiver.com/post/22650Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:38:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Faster way of testing passwords on huge PAE files? on Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:01:22 GMT]]>yes I reckon that would be a nice addition…:)
thanks Boss!..nice of you to suggest it…;)

]]>https://forums.powerarchiver.com/post/21890https://forums.powerarchiver.com/post/21890Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:01:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Faster way of testing passwords on huge PAE files? on Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:31:00 GMT]]>what exactly? one click zip/7zip aes encryption?

we could add it as option to profiles so if you want, you could change your default profile for shell extensions…

]]>https://forums.powerarchiver.com/post/21889https://forums.powerarchiver.com/post/21889Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:31:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Faster way of testing passwords on huge PAE files? on Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:18:18 GMT]]>@spwolf:

you can use zip aes or 7zip aes instead if you want…

with that in mind would there ever be a possibility they could be implemented into the context menu ?

]]>https://forums.powerarchiver.com/post/21888https://forums.powerarchiver.com/post/21888Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:18:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Faster way of testing passwords on huge PAE files? on Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:39:14 GMT]]>@AluminumHaste:

I have a 2 gig PAE file that I’m not sure what the password is, I have a few guesses, but trying each password takes like an hour. Is there a faster way of finding out if I have the right password or not?

there is no faster way, this was done on purpose to significantly slow down dictionary based attacks.

you can use zip aes or 7zip aes instead if you want…

]]>https://forums.powerarchiver.com/post/21884https://forums.powerarchiver.com/post/21884Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:39:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Faster way of testing passwords on huge PAE files? on Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:34:36 GMT]]>@AluminumHaste:

I have a 2 gig PAE file that I’m not sure what the password is, I have a few guesses, but trying each password takes like an hour. Is there a faster way of finding out if I have the right password or not?

Is it just a single file that you encrypted to PAE or
is it an archive that you then encrypted?
If archive then type and options used will have a distinct impact.

]]>https://forums.powerarchiver.com/post/21883https://forums.powerarchiver.com/post/21883Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:34:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Faster way of testing passwords on huge PAE files? on Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:11:53 GMT]]>I’ve always been frustrated by that fact to the point whereby I’ve stopped using them simply because of the time involved.

]]>https://forums.powerarchiver.com/post/21882https://forums.powerarchiver.com/post/21882Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:11:53 GMT