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Re: Found the password for the manuals

Alright, first, FIRST is using really nice encryption here. It's unlikely and a cryptographically "hard" problem. (Hard means usually 1-20 years with a NSA supercomputer)

The weakest part of this implementation is the passphrase, FIRST knows enough to create a secure passphrase, however... with a dictionary attack combined with a hybrid random digit throwing on the beginnings and endings of the passphrase, one might be able to crack it. This is where the attack would come if anything... although, it's still kind of unlikely... as FIRST probably created something secure.

And then, one always has to account for something unexpected, like some small overlooked flaw.
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