Comments on: Password protected Microsoft Outlook .PST file http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/ms-outlook-pst-file/ Sun, 19 May 2013 03:14:28 +0000 hourly 1 By: diegodh http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/ms-outlook-pst-file/#comment-66668 diegodh Sat, 08 Aug 2009 07:45:02 +0000 #comment-66668 Good point, Hubcap.

Zhetmasta, how did this issue ended?

Maybe another solution would have been to add the protected PST later, by the user him/herself?

]]> By: hubcap http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/ms-outlook-pst-file/#comment-62790 hubcap Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:53:43 +0000 #comment-62790 Do note that at least on government networks, despite all of the warnings, notices, EULAs, etc., it is STILL legally an unlawful invasion of privacy to open a user’s personal folder or personal mail box, crack their password, etc., without their explicit consent at the time of access OR without a warrant.

In other words there can be huge legal considerations no matter how many rights they’ve signed away. If you really need to get into anything that belongs to a user which they could have any sort of vague claim to an expectation of any kind of privacy, and can’t get in touch with the user, get with your legal team first.

]]> By: macleod http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/ms-outlook-pst-file/#comment-62479 macleod Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:46:07 +0000 #comment-62479 I recently participated in a project involving migrating all PST files back into the mailboxes. Some of the files were fairly old, so after informing the user (who couldn’t remember the password), we used PST19UPG for stripping the password.

PST19UPG was originally designed for upgrading the PST file format to version 19, but one of the side effects is that it can strip out PST passwords.

Always make a backup of the PST before using, there have been instances (although we didn’t encounter them) where the utitlity has caused damage to a PST.

Kind regards,

Duncan

]]> By: technochic http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/ms-outlook-pst-file/#comment-62388 technochic Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:48:14 +0000 #comment-62388 Excellent points, Diego. :-)

]]> By: diegodh http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/ms-outlook-pst-file/#comment-62369 diegodh Fri, 17 Apr 2009 05:53:46 +0000 #comment-62369 Also important:

1- what does your company says about “cracking” any kind of password?
2- which is the business rationale for doing that? who will approve/authorise your actions?
3- has a service request been raised for this? (eg: email, ticket in a Help Desk app, written note, anything valid ass evidence) Or is it part of a project?

Remember to be TRANSPARENT in this kind of situations.

Good luck!
Diego.

]]> By: kevinbeaver http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/ms-outlook-pst-file/#comment-62245 kevinbeaver Wed, 15 Apr 2009 02:10:38 +0000 #comment-62245 For anyone looking for an excellent tool for cracking Outlook PST passwords (and practically anything else) check out Elcomsoft.

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