[dm-crypt] Please do not ignore.. this is so important to me.. Lost password

[dm-crypt] Please do not ignore.. this is so important to me.. Lost password

[kranthi]

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Hi guys,

I forgot and lost the passphrase to my luks encrypted partition back in
march 2015. I was so stupid enough to change the passphrase when i was
drunk. Also i made a backup note of it but lost it too. I've been trying my
luck with different tools but with no result.

Here is the link to my problem:
http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=121165

I will be really grateful if you guys could help me anyway.. every
important thing of my life is in that back up image..

kranthi

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Re: [dm-crypt] Please do not ignore.. this is so important to me.. Lost password

[Arno Wagner]

Hi,

your forum-link does not work and in order to have issues 
documented in the mailing archive, you should post your 
problem-description here anyways.

Regards,
Arno

On Tue, Jul 12, 2016 at 13:48:46 CEST, kranthi wrote:
>    Hi guys,
>    I forgot and lost the passphrase to my luks encrypted partition back in
>    march 2015. I was so stupid enough to change the passphrase when i was
>    drunk. Also i made a backup note of it but lost it too. I've been
>    trying my luck with different tools but with no result.
>    Here is the link to my problem:
>    [1]http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=121165
>    I will be really grateful if you guys could help me anyway.. every
>    important thing of my life is in that back up image..
>    kranthi
> 
> References
> 
>    1. http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=121165

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Re: [dm-crypt] Please do not ignore.. this is so important to me.. Lost password

[H McCurdy]

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Kranthi,
I have two suggestions and both are serious and could be considered long shots.

1. Get drunk again but this time with a sober friend who can keep you from doing anything stupid.  If you get your brain back in the same state as it was, you might remember.
2. You should have some idea of how you generated the passphrase.  If you invented it yourself, you probably think in patterns that you know about (that would be unwise to share).  For instance, some people might use a capital letter in the 1st position, then small letters and finishing with the year of your birth.  Not terribly secure but if you use such a pattern, you have a hint that you could use to greatly shorted a brute force attack.
Even without that, you might have a good idea of the length.  If you used, say 8 to 10 characters, then you don't need to test anything that's longer or shorter.  Once again, brute force attack.

Of course these ideas can only work because you are trying to crack a passphrase that you entered.  Even if drunk, you'd have some idea which you can use to your advantage.
Best of luck.

Hugh


    On Tuesday, July 12, 2016 9:20 AM, Arno Wagner <arno@wagner.name> wrote:
 

 Hi,

your forum-link does not work and in order to have issues 
documented in the mailing archive, you should post your 
problem-description here anyways.

Regards,
Arno

On Tue, Jul 12, 2016 at 13:48:46 CEST, kranthi wrote:
>    Hi guys,
>    I forgot and lost the passphrase to my luks encrypted partition back in
>    march 2015. I was so stupid enough to change the passphrase when i was
>    drunk. Also i made a backup note of it but lost it too. I've been
>    trying my luck with different tools but with no result.
>    Here is the link to my problem:
>    [1]http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=121165
>    I will be really grateful if you guys could help me anyway.. every
>    important thing of my life is in that back up image..
>    kranthi
> 
> References
> 
>    1. http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=121165

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> dm-crypt mailing list
> dm-crypt@saout.de
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Re: [dm-crypt] Please do not ignore.. this is so important to me.. Lost password

[Jorge Fábregas]

On 07/12/2016 12:52 PM, H McCurdy wrote:
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Hugh,

That was hilarious & helpful at the same time.  You've made my day :)

-- 
Jorge