Okay, thank you guys for the suggestions. I appreciate it. On Friday, June 24, 2016, Dennis E. Hamilton <[email protected]> wrote:
> To expand on Rory's answer, > > If your password was short and memorable (even though you have forgotten > it), there are utilities that will try better-than-brute-force solutions at > opening password-protected OpenDocument Format documents such as those > produced by Apache OpenOffice. > > We do not provide such a utility. Some of them provide simple attacks for > free, may not provide a solution in reasonable time and have to be stopped, > and have premium versions that make better attacks and can still fail. > > However, since you probably did not employ a cryptographically-safe > password, such a utility may succeed. > > The Apache OpenOffice project does not recommend any such utility. You > should take precautions installing such a tool and use it at your own risk. > > - Dennis > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Rory O'Farrell [mailto:[email protected] <javascript:;>] > > Sent: Friday, June 24, 2016 01:35 > > To: [email protected] <javascript:;> > > Cc: Brandi Wingard <[email protected] <javascript:;>> > > Subject: Re: Quick Question > > > > On Fri, 24 Jun 2016 02:57:55 -0400 > > Brandi Wingard <[email protected] <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > > > Hi! > > > > > > I have been trying for over five years to access a file I created and > > put a > > > password protected lock on. > > > I can no longer remember the password I used to lock the file, so I > > cannot > > > get into it. Is there any way you guys could help me unlock it or > > access > > > what is in it again? It would mean the world to me. It's an important > > > document to me that I would hate to completely lose. > > > > > > Thanks in advance! > > > --Brandi Wingard > > > > There is effectively no way to break an OpenOffice password except by > > using brute force, which may (depending on computer speed) tie up your > > computer for days or longer. > > > > -- > > Rory O'Farrell <[email protected] <javascript:;>> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > <javascript:;> > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > <javascript:;> > >
