Re: Given a profile, can I retrieve its password using an API?

...and with 5.1 things get a bit harder...



On Wed, 9 May 2001 rob@dekko.com wrote:

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> There are some brute force methods.  And there are counter measures to
> limit these methods.  And then there are things that Pentasafe knows that I
> don't because they can sure do some tricky stuff.  And there are some ways
> to shoot yourself in the foot so that you can get this information in the
> future.
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> But it all boils down to why would you even want to?  Answer that and I'll
> try to help you out.
> 
> Rob Berendt
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> How do I retrieve the password for a given user ID? Is such thing possible?
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> Thanks.
> Bruce
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