Re: encrypted SPSS .sav files

[Ben Pfaff]

Thanks!  I'll take a look.  I can't promise that I'll actually be able to figure
anything out, because encrypted file formats can be very obscure, but I
do enjoy a good puzzle.

On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 1:36 PM, Bastián Díaz <address@hidden> wrote:
> Ben, I've modified the encrypted files in the repository PSPP-dev-utils. I
> updated the folders "BDI-II", "demo" and "PSPP-examples".
>
> Inside, you will find a folder called "encrypted" with 3 sets of files (SAZ
> and ZSAV files).
>
> The series keys are the following (without quotes):
> A series: "pspp"
> B series: "abc123"
> C series: "Abc123Dfg456"
>
> As you will see, I have not been very creative, but I hope you find it
> useful.
> * That is either you were asking ... if so, I later als will update the
> other folders.
>
> Regards
> --
> Bastián Díaz
>
> ________________________________
> De: Ben Pfaff <address@hidden>
> Para: "address@hidden" <address@hidden>
> Enviado: Viernes, 25 de octubre, 2013 15:37:16
> Asunto: encrypted SPSS .sav files
>
> I see that recent SPSS supports password-based encryption of .sav
> files.  If anyone is interested in having support for reading or
> writing these files, then a good place to start would be to take a
> small .sav and then save three or so versions of it, two of them with
> the same password (to see whether the file content changes even if the
> password does not) and a third with a different password, and then
> send all the files, and the passwords, to the list.
>
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