07-08-2010 07:45 AM
This is a good one...
Would be a nice coding challenge 😉 To do it nicely that is...
07-08-2010 07:58 AM
Then you're challenged! 😉
07-08-2010 08:04 AM
I built something similar to this once when I was trying to recover a lost password from an Excel spreadsheet (using ActiveX to open the spreadsheet with the new password).
It worked well, but the password was about 10 characters so I never manager to brute force it!
Will see if I can dig it up (prob not as it was at a previous employer...)
07-08-2010 08:06 AM
would really apreciate the help if you can find it 😄
07-08-2010 08:10 AM
Hm, besides that the question itself sounds a bit like: "how do i implement a brute force algorithm using LabVIEW?", i have to ask:
Is the length of the string always equal to the number of possible characters?
Norbert
07-08-2010 08:17 AM
Hi Norbert,
i think it don't have to. 🙂
@Norbert B wrote:
... "how do i implement a brute force algorithm using LabVIEW?", i have to ask:
...
Norbert
Do you think if this is the question, then we shouldn't help and he should write the code himself?? 😉
Mike
07-08-2010 08:17 AM
it is an attempt to break an encryption a friend has sent me. I suspect it is 6 characters long from a hint, i have tried 1 character to 5 by hand to no success, and i thought a program for six, seven etc... would be logical. i was then going to scan for a key word from the resultant decryption - but that bit i've already figured out how to do.
Six character will be fine for now, seven i hope can be made by expanding the program at a later date if needed.
07-08-2010 08:18 AM
😞
its only a bit of fun, but the output will be handy for my research rather oddly!
07-08-2010 08:19 AM
Hi John,
why to change it later. The "challenge winner" should be able to handle whatever is needed!
Mike
07-08-2010 08:25 AM
i think it can be done by perhaps logical sequences,
IF A is used then character B is true for second character, if not A