>The resident Access97 expert employed by one of my customers claims he can hack into any Microsoft encrypted Access97 .mdb file... he claims he can open it and search through the database without knowing a user name or a password...
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>now 'the biz types' are concerned about the security of their VFP data as well.
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>This company uses Xitech Cryptor.
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>From the reading and research I've done it is impossible to unencrypt the VFP .dbf without knowing the original encryption key.
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>Does anyone know of any unencryption hacks for the Xitech Cryptor product?
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>Before I endorse Xitech Cryptor's effectiveness to several project managers and a VP I'd like to verify it can't be unencrypted.
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>Even if these hacks existed the hacker would have to know Xitech Cryptor is the product being used to encrypt the data.
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>:)

1. MS Access, like all MS Office files, are simple to break into.
2. The Xitech Cryptor uses its own proprietary algorithm - and its not as strong as they'd lead you to belive. Keep in mind that anyone who knows how to do memory dumps has the ability go get around this.
3. Your VFP data, encrypted with XiTech Cryptor, is a million times safer than anything stored in MS Access.