Elcomsoft cracks Quicken "backdoor"

Elcomsoft cracks Quicken "backdoor"
Robert Lemos, 2007-06-22

Protecting From the Government? 2007-06-22
Steven Adair (2 replies)

"Calling the existence of a 512-bit encryption key a "backdoor," Elcomsoft said the master key could be used by the federal government to access taxpayer records."

I would assume one would encrypt the files locally to prevent an intruder to the hard drive from accessing the records. However, con...

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Re: Protecting From the Government? 2007-06-26
canit0 (1 replies)

How do you know that Quickens master password was a weak key? How do you know what type of method was used to circumvent the quicken security feature?...

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Re: Re: Protecting From the Government? 2007-06-27
Anonymous (1 replies)

I don't which is why I indicated I am guessing. How do I even know it was cracked? Just because someone said it was? I'd have to believe a lot of stuff for this to be the case. :)...

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Re: Re: Re: Protecting From the Government? 2007-11-07
Anonymous

How big is Elcomsoft anyway? what credentials are requred for a programer?...

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Re: Protecting From the Government? 2007-11-10
Andrey Belenko

Steven, breaking RSA keys cannot be done using dictionary attacks (at least in this case), so your guess isn't true....

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