WindowsCE password encryption ...

Florian Lohoff flo at rfc822.org
Tue Nov 16 23:29:37 CET 1999


Hihi ...

Gefunden im IRC ...

Microsoft encrypts your Windows NT password when stored on a Windows
CE device. But if you look carefully at their encryption algorithm,
they simply XOR the password with "susageP", Pegasus spelled
backwards. Pegasus is the code name of Windows CE. This is so
pathetic it's staggering.


Flo
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