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ZioFill
10-22-2004, 05:03 AM
How i can decrypt passwords of my user-files in \ioFTPD\users\...?

I need to know it for my site... Tnx
WarC
10-22-2004, 05:03 AM
you cant. its one-way encryption
ZioFill
10-22-2004, 05:06 AM
:(

it must be a decr. method :( 1000000 bit? :)
Mr_X
10-22-2004, 05:24 AM
The only way to crack it is bruteforcing because it uses hashing (SHA-1; Secure Hash Algorithm). A hash generated is about 168 bit long.
The way to check if a password is valid: generate the hash from the password and compare it to the hash stored in the user file