encryption key

[Former Member]

Is it possible to recover an unforgotten encryption key for adaptiver server anywhere 8.0 file. Please somebody give suggestion. Its most urgent - Srinivas

[Former Member]

I have created the file around 3 years back and forgot the encryption key. Due to widnows is corrupted, I have formatted the system without noting down the encryption key. So please help me if there is any method to recover it

[graeme_perrow]

Sorry, but as Mark said, there is no way to recover an encryption key if it is lost. The only way would be brute force - keep guessing at the key until you get it right.

[MarkCulp]

Do you have a backup of your Windows system? If so then perhaps you could recover the necessary file(s) from the backup.

Note: I presume from your comment that you had the encryption key stored somewhere on your Windows system. Note that doing so defeats the purpose of using a strong encryption key on the database file (unless you had somehow protected the file that stored the encryption key?).

[Breck_Carter]

Maybe these guys can help: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/03/ff_nsadatacenter/all/1

[MarkCulp]

There is no known method to recover a database file if you do not know the encryption key... that is after all the purpose of using strong encryption - to stop people from being able to access the data.