From: Chris Rowley <bc192@freenet.carleton.ca>
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 12:52:08 +0800
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
Subject: Re: PWL files
Message-ID: <199812300430.XAA12372@freenet3.carleton.ca>
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> > I've been trying to figure out the method of encryption for OSR2 Win95 and
> > Win98 *.pwl files and I was hoping someone had some details about the
> > method used. [...] Does anyone have it figured out?
>
> I think Peter Gutmann and someone else figured it out sometime ago.

Peter Gutmann figured out the old system. In reaction the system was
changed by the OSR2 patch and in all further releases of Windows. What
exactly it was changed to is the question.

Chris.