Re: How Secure is Password Protection in MSWord

From: Jonathan West (jwest_at_mvps.org)
Date: 01/04/05 

Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 10:21:52 -0000

"MacKenrick" <MacKenrick@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote in message
news:O6nO7Jf8EHA.3368@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> 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. 

-- 
Regards
Jonathan West - Word MVP
www.intelligentdocuments.co.uk
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