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		Scaevolus on Aug 14, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Mystery of the Encrypted Gauss Payload 128 bit GUIDs give pairs of 256 bits -- too large to mount an efficient brute force.

sp332 on Aug 15, 2012 [–]

But checking all known GUIDs might be more feasible.

eli on Aug 15, 2012 | [–]

Well, yeah, but where do you get a list of known GUIDs for InstallShield? Might as well just gather a list of all known Program Files directories.

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