"It doesn't take a skilled and determined attacker to search Google and
download a password recovery tool."
Well...Paul didn't do it, did he? :-)
"Superficial" is a subjective word here. OneNote's password protection
deters the casual browser and if you have picked a sufficiently strong
pass phrase then it may well thwart the more determined effort too.
If you use "hello" as your password then it probably doesn't much matter
what algorithm you use.
OneNote's password feature is a padlock, not a bank vault.
--
-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr, MVP
Roland Schorr & Tower
http://www.rolandschorr.com
http://www.officeforlawyers.com/onenote.htm
"Mike"
discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:16EABE27-A298-430A-8976-6F0B35A418F0@microsoft.com:
> It doesn't take a skilled and determined attacker to search Google and
> download a password recovery tool.
>
>
http://www.lostpassword.com/onenote.htm
>
> It looks like the password protection is useless except for superficial
> protection. Someone please tell me I'm wrong!
>
>
> "Ben M. Schorr - MVP (OneNote)" wrote:
>
>
>> It's not intended to be Department of Defense certified security. If
>> you need that level of protection then you should be implementing
>> operating system level measures like drive encryption and strong
>> passwords.
>>
>> Like a deadbolt on a glass door -- it's not intended to stop a
>> determined and skilled attacker. It's intended to deter the casual
>> browser/thief.
>>
>> --
>> -Ben-
>> Ben M. Schorr, MVP
>> Roland Schorr & Tower
>>
http://www.rolandschorr.com
>>
http://www.officeforlawyers.com
>> Author - The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Outlook 2007:
>>
http://tinyurl.com/5m3f5q
>>
>>
>>
>> "Mike"
discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:AC6EC348-6E9F-41F2-BB51-1BFFDCDC7DF2@microsoft.com:
>>>
>>> Just to satisfy my curiousity I did a Google search for "crack onenote
>>> password" and found a list of tools to crack the OneNote password. So I'm
>>> confused. If these tools work and it is this easy to compromise OneNote and
>>> gain access to a password protected section then what is the benefit of
>>> having a password protected section?
>>>
>>>
>>> "Ben M. Schorr - MVP (OneNote)" wrote:
>>>
>>>
>
>>>
>
>>>>> I forgot my password for Office One Note.
>>>>>
>>>>> Is there a way to reset it without the old one?
>>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>
>
>>
