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How Secure is Password Protection in MSWord

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MacKenrick - 04 Jan 2005 00:15 GMT
How secure is the password protection used in Microsoft Word 2002?  If I
create a document with a list of passwords I use for banking, email, etc.
and password protect the file, is that file reasonably secure?  Thanks,
Mack
Jonathan West - 04 Jan 2005 10:21 GMT
> How secure is the password protection used in Microsoft Word 2002?  If I
> create a document with a list of passwords I use for banking, email, etc.
> and password protect the file, is that file reasonably secure?  Thanks,
> Mack

Hi Mack,

Ultimately, any file is vulnerable if available to a sufficiently sustained
attack. Therefore, you should consider a password protection as no more than
aprotection against casual snooping.

Of far more importance is keeping the file secure - in other words keeping
your PC secure so that nobody can gain unauthorised access either in person
or remotely. This however is not a Word issue.

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Jonathan West - Word MVP
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