lost encryption password to decrypt wiki

[kalli benetos]

I set an encryption password and have lost it )ok, forgotten it). How can I retrieve or reset this password?
many thanks
:) K

[Jeremy Ruston]

Hi Kalli

I'm afraid that there is no way to recover the data without the password that you used to encrypt it. Inconvenient though this is, it's by design: the encryption would be useless if it could be circumvented.

Best wishes

Jeremy

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[PMario]

Hi kalli,
As Jerermy pointed out, the library used in TW is designed to use "strong" encryption. ... So it depends on the value of the content, that you "forgot" :) if it makes sense to "crack" it.

 - Since you did the password, you probably know, how many characters you used. Even a range may be of advantage.
 - You also should know what type of characters you used. eg: a..z, 0..9. Wich would  be a weak password. If you used (as recomended) "special chars" eg: $_-öä... and upper lower case combinations. It would be harder.
 - If your password is short, it would be easier to find it with a "brute force attack" ... So you probably can't attack the encryption mechanism, but the password  ;) by simply throwing computing power at it.

.. but if your password is "strong and long" it's probably not worth it, because it takes too much time.

have fun!
mario

[Shango]

Just some ideas for you in securing a TiddlyWiki document for future reference.  I use Truecrypt (http://www.truecrypt.org/) to create an encrypted storage area that can be mounted as a drive letter.  I just put anything I want secured there.  That way you only have one password for all of the contents you have there, including a TiddlyWiki document.  Also, I suggest you use a password manager like LastPass or KeyPass (http://keepass.info/) where you only need to remember one password for all of your other passwords.  You can store your Truecrypt password there so if you forget it, you can go to your password manager and view it.  (So long as you don't forget the master password to the password manager software!)