File spoon-archives/aut-op-sy.archive/aut-op-sy_2001/aut-op-sy.0108, message 21


Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2001 16:38:57 +0200
From: ozgur gokmen <ogokmen-AT-metu.edu.tr>
Subject: Re: AUT: "Empire" Online! how to free the empire


nestor:                                                               
aras has already sent an e-mail to the list informing us that the     
encrypted pdf version of _empire_ has been cracked by sebastian using 
apdfpr.                                                               
however, i would appreciate if you could post the program to the list,
or to my e-mail address.                                              
best,                                                                 
ozgur                                                                 
                                                                      
> From: aries-AT-pyromedia.org                                           
> Reply-to: aut-op-sy-AT-lists.village.virginia.eduTo:                   
> "'aut-op-sy-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu'"                            
> <aut-op-sy-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu>                              
> Date: Wed,  1 Aug 2001 04:53:30 -0400 (EDT)                         
>                                                                     
> hi, the url for a cracked version of empire has been posted on the >
nettime                                                               
> mailing list by sebastian -see the message below. you can now       
> copy/paste or print from this pdf file. they are also working on the
> ascii text version of the file at http://textz.gnutenberg.net       
> the url for the cracked pdf is:                                     
> http://excess4all.com/empire/empire_cracked.pdf                     
> thanks to sebastian.                                                
> best,                                                               
> aras                                                                
>                                                                     
> From: sebastian-AT-textz.com                                           
> Subject: <nettime> empire (cracked)                                 
> To: nettime-l-AT-bbs.thing.net                                         
> Date: Tue 31/07/01 13:45                                            
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> [snip]                                                              
> in fact it *is* possible to crack a pdf. the recently arrested      
> dmitry sklyarov (and andy malyshev, to give full credits) have      
> written an "advanced pdf password recovery" (apdfpr) tool           
> (released by the moscow-based elcomsoft.com) that decrypts          
> protected pdfs. the free trial version will only decrypt a small    
> part of any document, so you can either register for $30 (which     
> seems appropriate to me) or try to crack apdfpr itself (google      
> is a good point to start, but it may take an hour or two...)        
>                                                                     
> cracked empire pdf:                                                 
> http://excess4all.com/empire                                        
>                                                                     
> raw ascii version:                                                  
> http://textz.gnutenberg.net                                         
>                                                                     
> clean ascii version to come...                                      
>                                                                     
> cheers,                                                             
> sebastian                                                           
>                                                                     
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~I have found an easy way to unlock the password protected copy of    
empire on                                                             
~line, permitting to print and manipulate the text. They sell a       
program                                                               
~(Advanced PDF password recover) wich craks the password, but the demo
on                                                                    
~line has some limitations. the guy who wrote the program, a russian  
hacker,                                                               
~now is in jail in US thanks to adobe, the software house wich owns   
the pdf                                                               
~format. I have found the cracked cracker program with a peer to peer 
client                                                                
~on the                                                               
~gnutella network, if someone needs it I can post it to the list, it's
about                                                                 
~500k.                                                                
~                                                                     
~nestor                                                               
~                                                                     
~                                                                     
~> > I think it can be stored offline. If using PC right click on the 
~download                                                             
~> > link and select: Save Target As. It then should allow you to     
select what                                                           
~> > folder on your hard drive you wish to save to. Certainly I have  
been                                                                  
~able to                                                              
~> > do this. Your right about not being able to print though.        
~> >                                                                  
~> > Damien                                                           
~> >                                                                  
~>                                                                    
~> For Mac users on the list (using Netscape) - contol-click on the   
link and                                                              
~> choose "save this link as" then choose "source" (not 'text').      
~>                                                                    
~>                                                                    
~> in friendship and solidarity                                       
~>                                                                    
~> ______________                                                     
~>                                                                    
~> Julian Prior                                                       
~> Bristol, UK                                                        
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