Encryption Keys/Passwords for opening the INI file, V.10, concerns
Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2023 1:49 pm
Tobias
OK, today i finally set up ENCRYPTION PASSWORD PHRASE for my INI file. did backup, etc.
I started Syncovery from my PortApps folder, and it opened teh INI file, and first asked me the ENCRYPTION PASSWORD PHRASE.
OK, went back to delete all my backup INI files. did a test on one,and opened syncovery frm my MAIN INSTALL (not the portapps). I pointed it to the INI file that i THOUGHT was encrypted, and it OPENED it without asking me the ENCRYTION PASSWORD PHRASE. i was dumfounded !
i checked the options of THAT program version (same one, just different folder, ), and it said that IT had the keys stored with the MACHINE??
i set IT to be ENCRYPTION PASSWORD, it told me it was reencrypting, and then next time i opened it, it asked the ENCRYPTION PASSWORD.
QUESTION
WHAT gets encrypted with this password? just the encryption keys?
because i am still able to EDIT the INI file in notepad, still see all my text....
is the encryption keys visible in notepad, or does the program understand where they are and have them in encrypted language, only to be decrypted by the program itself?
EDIT, QUESTINO #2
if i ever turn OFF the encryption (to legacy), does the INI file revert to unencrypted keys ?
any clarification appreciated, thanks
nick
OK, today i finally set up ENCRYPTION PASSWORD PHRASE for my INI file. did backup, etc.
I started Syncovery from my PortApps folder, and it opened teh INI file, and first asked me the ENCRYPTION PASSWORD PHRASE.
OK, went back to delete all my backup INI files. did a test on one,and opened syncovery frm my MAIN INSTALL (not the portapps). I pointed it to the INI file that i THOUGHT was encrypted, and it OPENED it without asking me the ENCRYTION PASSWORD PHRASE. i was dumfounded !
i checked the options of THAT program version (same one, just different folder, ), and it said that IT had the keys stored with the MACHINE??
i set IT to be ENCRYPTION PASSWORD, it told me it was reencrypting, and then next time i opened it, it asked the ENCRYPTION PASSWORD.
QUESTION
WHAT gets encrypted with this password? just the encryption keys?
because i am still able to EDIT the INI file in notepad, still see all my text....
is the encryption keys visible in notepad, or does the program understand where they are and have them in encrypted language, only to be decrypted by the program itself?
EDIT, QUESTINO #2
if i ever turn OFF the encryption (to legacy), does the INI file revert to unencrypted keys ?
any clarification appreciated, thanks
nick