WinRAR electronic signature key ckracked

26th April 2009

According to network sources, crack group TEAM FFF has released a generator of license-files for any name for the popular WinRAR archiver. Thus, the â€œelectronic signatureâ€, which was almost the only feature that was available only to registered users of WinRAR, can be used by anyone now. It was thought so far that the cracking of the electronic signature in WinRAR (not password for the archive, notably an electronic signature) is impossible, there wasnâ€™t, so far, any generator of license-files that are absolutely indistinguishable from the license-files provided by the developer of WinRAR to users after they purchase license. We remind that when creating an â€œelectronic signatureâ€ WinRAR saves information on the initial name of the archive and its creator, and also on the last update time. So this option in backing up is used mainly when it is essential to have the possibility of confirmation the authenticity of the created archive so that it couldnâ€™t be faked.
In the net you Can find an interview with the developer of WinRAR Eugene Roshal: Recently, there was the information in the network that the digital signature used in archiver for signing archives has been cracked, the French crack Team FFF released a license generator, which in fact generates the correct digital signature. It seems that the key length is very long and itâ€™s impossible to crack it without the private encryption key. Perhaps it is a cracking of the site or database? ......... Yes, it looks like a web site cracking, or someone who has an access to the server, has copied the registration program. ......... To begin with we need to know how they managed to produce this keygen. Otherwise, even if we change the registration scheme, a new program can be stolen in the same way as the old one. But unfortunately we havenâ€™t managed to find out this yet.