The password is known. The password, as presented, has been verified by matching the string to the hash. That's how we know it's the password.
I'm getting the feeling you don't know how one-way encryption/hashing works.
Actually, what's weird about this is that the hash is equivalent to the password as far as decryption is concerned. If you know the hash you can get in. Posting/finding the password becomes irrelevant.
You're not making sense. The "key" is the password. The hash is what you get when you put the password through a specific hashing algorithm.
The hash is what's missing from the encryption key that resides in the file. Once you provide the password, the hash is generated, and provided to the file. If it is correct, the contents can be decrypted.
The password is known.
If you had the file on your computer and tried to open it are you saying you believe you don't know what to type into the field? Are you saying this string that's been provided by Lin is NOT the password that decrypts the file even though it's called out as being the password?
No, it if they password. That password matches the hash that represents the password. It is the password.
The problem is not the password. It's the files. No one knows who has them.
Yes. This is already known.
The password is known. The password, as presented, has been verified by matching the string to the hash. That's how we know it's the password.
I'm getting the feeling you don't know how one-way encryption/hashing works.
Actually, what's weird about this is that the hash is equivalent to the password as far as decryption is concerned. If you know the hash you can get in. Posting/finding the password becomes irrelevant.
You're not making sense. The "key" is the password. The hash is what you get when you put the password through a specific hashing algorithm.
The hash is what's missing from the encryption key that resides in the file. Once you provide the password, the hash is generated, and provided to the file. If it is correct, the contents can be decrypted.
The password is known.
If you had the file on your computer and tried to open it are you saying you believe you don't know what to type into the field? Are you saying this string that's been provided by Lin is NOT the password that decrypts the file even though it's called out as being the password?