Re: forgot password in Kmail
On Sun, 07 Dec 2003 at 11:20:59 +0000, Syd Alsobrook wrote:
> On Friday 05 December 2003 05:45, Patrick Dreker wrote:
> > Am Freitag, 05. Dezember 2003 10:50 schrieb Mauro Darida <MauroDarida@ifi>:
> > > How to retrieve the password which kmail holds obfuscated in .kmailrc ?
> > > I use kde 3.1.2 on woody.
> >
> > Simply use ethereal or tcpdump to sniff your own password from the network.
> > Don't forget to diable SSL/TLS before sniffing, otherwise there won't be
> > much to see...
>
> ethereal and tcpdump might be a little over kill. There is a utility that I
> really like called dsniff. It is a very cool app.
dsniff is not in woody, which I use. I tried tcpdump during connection:
#tcpdump -w istrpwd
#strings istrpwd
but it showed nothing similar to a password of mine.
I can't believe the only way is a C compilation as previously suggested,
which is a bit beyond my experience (ok, I did compile kernels, but with
make-kpkg is a different story).
Saluti, Mauro.
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