Re: encrypted SPSS .sav files

2015-02-24 Thread Tylar Murray
Thanks, you're exactly right; I didn't realize pspp-convert was what I needed. On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 12:15 PM, Ben Pfaff wrote: > On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 06:08:54PM +0100, John Darrington wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 08:17:37AM -0800, Ben Pfaff wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 02:

Re: encrypted SPSS .sav files

2015-02-24 Thread Ben Pfaff
On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 06:08:54PM +0100, John Darrington wrote: > On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 08:17:37AM -0800, Ben Pfaff wrote: > On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 02:41:20PM +, tylar wrote: > > > PSPP includes a program that can decrypt an encrypted .sav file. > > > However, it requires the

Re: encrypted SPSS .sav files

2015-02-24 Thread John Darrington
On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 08:17:37AM -0800, Ben Pfaff wrote: On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 02:41:20PM +, tylar wrote: > > PSPP includes a program that can decrypt an encrypted .sav file. > > However, it requires the password. > > I can't seem to find any documentation on how t

Re: encrypted SPSS .sav files

2015-02-24 Thread Ben Pfaff
On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 02:41:20PM +, tylar wrote: > > PSPP includes a program that can decrypt an encrypted .sav file. > > However, it requires the password. > > I can't seem to find any documentation on how to use the pspp decryption > program. Can you provide further info? There isn't muc

Re: encrypted SPSS .sav files

2015-02-24 Thread tylar
> > PSPP includes a program that can decrypt an encrypted .sav file. > However, it requires the password. > I can't seem to find any documentation on how to use the pspp decryption program. Can you provide further info? ___ Pspp-users mailing list P

Re: encrypted SPSS .sav files

2014-11-09 Thread Ben Pfaff
On Fri, Nov 07, 2014 at 10:01:31PM +, Alina wrote: > I have an SPSS .sav file that i encrypted with a password which is now not > working-- i opened it this morning, and now i can't open it! I am beyond > myself-- i don't understand what is going on. I read the thread that you > figured out

Re: encrypted SPSS .sav files

2014-11-09 Thread Alina
Ben Pfaff cs.stanford.edu> writes: > > 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,

Re: encrypted SPSS .sav files

2013-11-01 Thread Ben Pfaff
On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 2:19 PM, Bastián Díaz wrote: > Alternatively, if encryption is not just unsafe. Should we contact IBM to > fix it? I am going to get advice from a security and encryption expert before I decide what to do. I've started that process already. ___

Re: encrypted SPSS .sav files

2013-11-01 Thread Bastián Díaz
Ben Pfaff >Para: Michał Dubrawski >CC: "pspp-users@gnu.org" >Enviado: Miércoles, 30 de octubre, 2013 15:06:02 >Asunto: Re: encrypted SPSS .sav files > > >I've had that suggestion a couple of times now.  It is a reasonable thought. >I will consider it. > &g

Re: encrypted SPSS .sav files

2013-10-30 Thread Ben Pfaff
warm regards, > Michal > >> >> Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 22:55:13 -0700 >> From: Ben Pfaff >> To: Basti?n D?az >> Cc: "pspp-users@gnu.org" >> Subject: Re: encrypted SPSS .sav files >> Message-ID: <20131030055513.ga22...@blp.benpfaff.org>

Re: encrypted SPSS .sav files

2013-10-30 Thread Michał Dubrawski
ypted file readable for any SPSS version (if they insist on using it ;-) ). warm regards, Michal > Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 22:55:13 -0700 > From: Ben Pfaff > To: Basti?n D?az > Cc: "pspp-users@gnu.org" > Subject: Re: encrypted SPSS .sav files > Message-ID: <201310300

Re: encrypted SPSS .sav files

2013-10-29 Thread Ben Pfaff
I've now written code that reliably reads an encrypted .sav file, given the password. I'm concerned about poor crypto design, so I'm going to ask people who are more expert than me to evaluate the design defects before I publish the code. I've also written a program to decode an encoded password

Re: encrypted SPSS .sav files

2013-10-26 Thread Bastián Díaz
"pspp-users@gnu.org" >Enviado: Sábado, 26 de octubre, 2013 18:30:30 >Asunto: Re: encrypted SPSS .sav files > > >The password encryption format must be pretty simple, but I don't yet >understand it.  Will you do another experiment?  Using the one-letter >passw

Re: encrypted SPSS .sav files

2013-10-26 Thread Ben Pfaff
On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 01:54:09PM -0700, Basti?n D?az wrote: > Ben, do not know if I understood well, but shipping anyway I could > do. (also woke up a little sick today). You did just what I asked, and even more. Thanks! > I also kept the syntax files, apparently even repeat a word as your > p

Re: encrypted SPSS .sav files

2013-10-26 Thread Bastián Díaz
stián Díaz > > De: Ben Pfaff >Para: Basti?n D?az >CC: "pspp-users@gnu.org" >Enviado: Sábado, 26 de octubre, 2013 4:09:05 >Asunto: Re: encrypted SPSS .sav files > > >So, here are some further requests: > >    - Can you tell me the creation times as specif

Re: encrypted SPSS .sav files

2013-10-26 Thread Ben Pfaff
On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 01:36:44PM -0700, Basti?n D?az 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)

Re: encrypted SPSS .sav files

2013-10-25 Thread Bastián Díaz
You're welcome. Thank you for your dedication. The ZSAV format support is fantastic.   Regards -- Bastián Díaz > > De: Ben Pfaff >Para: Bastián Díaz >CC: "pspp-users@gnu.org" >Enviado: Viernes, 25 de octubre, 2013 17:40:36 &g

Re: encrypted SPSS .sav files

2013-10-25 Thread Ben Pfaff
folders. > > Regards > -- > Bastián Díaz > > ________ > De: Ben Pfaff > Para: "pspp-users@gnu.org" > Enviado: Viernes, 25 de octubre, 2013 15:37:16 > Asunto: encrypted SPSS .sav files > > I see that recent SPSS supports password-b

Re: encrypted SPSS .sav files

2013-10-25 Thread Bastián Díaz
-- Bastián Díaz > > De: Ben Pfaff >Para: "pspp-users@gnu.org" >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. 

encrypted SPSS .sav files

2013-10-25 Thread Ben Pfaff
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 wheth