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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I have tried to “crack” a safe
drive and failed. I am not as crypto savvy as many on this group are, so my
efforts may be view as first level. I did have a drive sent off to a recovery
company a while ago and they were unable to crack the safe drive. I would think
if there was a simple crack like the one posted, they would have been able to
recover the drive.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Dan<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> James Matthews
[mailto:nytrokiss@gmail.com] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, April 26, 2007
7:27 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Dan Bambach<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> steven@securityzone.org;
full-disclosure@lists.grok.org.uk<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [Full-disclosure] FW:
Steganos Encrypted Safe NOT so safe</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Alot of times people find
there bugs but what can we do! How do we know that the encrypted drives work?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=gmailquote><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>On 4/26/07, <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Dan
Bambach</span></b> <<a href="mailto:dan@dbambach.net"> dan@dbambach.net</a>>
wrote:</span></font></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>When this was first posted, I tried to duplicate the procedure written
up <br>
before sending it off to Steganos. I was unable to, so I thought maybe I was<br>
missing something. Guess not...<br>
<br>
Dan<br>
<br>
Dan Bambach<br>
R.T.C., Inc.<br>
Engineering/Service Manager<br>
915-584-6646<br>
915-526-7635 (Cell) <br>
915-584-6265 (Fax)<br>
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-----Original Message-----<br>
From: Steven Adair [mailto:<a href="mailto:steven@securityzone.org">steven@securityzone.org</a>]<br>
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 2:32 PM<br>
To: Dan Bambach<br>
Cc: <a href="mailto:full-disclosure@lists.grok.org.uk">full-disclosure@lists.grok.org.uk</a><br>
Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] FW: Steganos Encrypted Safe NOT so safe<br>
<br>
It is funny that this stuff ever comes to surface. Now I am
wondering if <br>
this a case of trying to spread FUD or someone who just didn't pay any<br>
attention to what was going on?<br>
<br>
Steven<br>
<a href="http://securityzone.org">securityzone.org</a><br>
<br>
> I forwarded the original issue to Steganos as I am a user of their <br>
> software<br>
> package. This is their reply and also posted on Security Focus.<br>
><br>
> Regards<br>
> Dan<br>
><br>
> -----Original Message-----<br>
> From: <a href="mailto:support@steganos.com">support@steganos.com</a>
[mailto:<a href="mailto:support@steganos.com">support@steganos.com</a>]<br>
> Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 6:56 AM<br>
> To: <a href="mailto:bugtraq@securityfocus.com">bugtraq@securityfocus.com </a><br>
> Subject: Re: Steganos Encrypted Safe NOT so safe<br>
><br>
> In response to frankrizzo604's comment, Steganos would like to dispel the<br>
> rumor that its Steganos Safe encryption software is easily cracked. <br>
> Steganos<br>
> Safe enables users to create any number of secure virtual drives in which<br>
> data is safely stored and encrypted. However frankrizzo604 goes through<br>
> several steps 'teaching' users how to open others' encrypted files. In his
<br>
> last step, he claims Steganos will 'PUNISH you by resetting your encrypted<br>
> drives passwords to "123" until you buy a registered copy',
implying that<br>
> the password feature can be circumvented thus opening anyone's safe. He <br>
> conveniently left out that before he was able to reset the password to<br>
> "123", he had to enter his original password to open the safe.
Then, he<br>
> saw<br>
> this message box:<br>
><br>
> <a
href="http://www1.steganos.com/support/screenshots/safe8_123_infobox.png">http://www1.steganos.com/support/screenshots/safe8_123_infobox.png</a><br>
><br>
> It is absolutely not possible to open any Steganos Encrypted File without <br>
> having the original password. The Steganos support and development team<br>
> reconstructed the process he described. It is not possible to open a Safe<br>
> WITHOUT the original password. In the 2007 generation of Steganos <br>
> products,<br>
> Steganos decided to set the Safe attributes to write protect. Steganos<br>
> would<br>
> like its user to rest assured that their files are in fact still encrypted<br>
> and safe from hackers. <br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
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