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Is Excel Security worth anything?

Sorry, not familiar with this

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Don Guillett
SalesAid Software

"Jim Bennett" wrote in message
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Don, could you be a little more specific? Given the crtieria I have
mentioned
how would you go about it?
It is my understanding that if you use say the "RC4, Microsoft Enhanced
RSA
and AES Cryptographic Provider" algorithm it would be very difficult to
crack. I am not talking about the Office 97/2000 Compatible encryption.
Are there known exploits that I am not aware of?

Thanks.

"Don Guillett" wrote:

Excel passwords are not too difficult to break, if you know how. I
wouldn't
rely on the protection.

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Don Guillett
SalesAid Software

"Jim Bennett" wrote in message
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Can anyone enlighten me on the subject of Excel security? Does the
Microsoft
Strong Cryptographic Provider provide a reasonable level of security
given
a
randomly generated 12 char password (including non-alphanumeric chars)?
Is
the only method of attack Brute Force?
Also, does internet explorer share the same underlying dll's when
encrypting
data for an SSL session.

Any info would be very much appreciated.

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