Re: Crack GPG Password

Blaine Fleming wrote:
Bart Silverstrim wrote:
You *can't* extract a part of a password like the OP is looking for. The
algorithm used in creating the encrypted product doesn't look at your
password as discrete chunks to be guessed like you see in the movies
where you see, "Oh my @#$! He has the first three numbers already!"
while you hear a crescendo of suspenseful music.


Again, the way I read it the OP wants to find out the missing part. If
I have a password of "password" but all I remember is "passwor" then I
can brute force the remaining bit.

Oh my $@! How STUPID CAN YOU BE?! HOW DENSE?! Again, what I said
was...oh, I see what you're saying.

If that's the case, I don't know of a tool that is made specifically for
brute forcing a GPG-encrypted file (he's probably need to know what
algorithm was used too).

There must be a way to create a script that would try it, though. But
that would also mean you need to know that the output is the legitimate
material and not gibberish before trying the next one, I would think.

Probably not easy to code or script just for this task, though.

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