I decided to get back into this MOO that I haven't played for some time now. My password is still stored in the world file, and I can still log in, but I would like to know what the password is. I've tried my old passwords, and none of them work, but I don't exactly know why I would've come up with a completely new password for this game. I know the passwords are encrypted in the world file, but I don't know how to decrypt them. How might I be able to do this?
Password Extracting
Posted by JSteele1234 on Sat 03 Sep 2005 11:44 PM — 6 posts, 29,463 views.
You would probably be better off getting the immortals of the mud to change the characters password, and then update your world file to that new one.
Heh, yeah... if you knew these people you wouldn't want to ask anything that wasn't absolutely necessary. They're actually not the most friendly of people. Thankfully they don't interfere much with the gameplay itself.
Only Nick knows for sure which algorithm is used to encrypt the passwords. It has to be a retrievable format since it gets sent to the MUD. I looked at the file format and my guess is that he uses something relatively simple, because the encrypted password isn't very long; besides, it's probably meant to prevent only casual observers from finding the password.
See this posting http://www.gammon.com.au/forum/bbshowpost.php?bbsubject_id=3408
Turn logging on, the password's in the log.