Decrypting a backup when the .TBT file is missing
Titan Backup can be a great tool when in need of creating a backup or when you need to synchronize some folders or even when trying to keep some information secret.
Of course I'm not talking about the standard zip encryption algorithm, which is said that it can be broken quite easy. I'm talking about the AES, a block cipher adopted as an encryption standard by the U.S. government.
Titan Backup is capable of creating backups encrypted with AES and allows you to decrypt the backups, asking only for a password that will be checked against the hash stored securely in the backup task descriptor file.
What to do if your task descriptor file (.TBT) is missing ? What if you or someone else accidentally deleted the file ? What if someone brought you only the encrypted archive, without the task descriptor ? There are 2 solutions: a decryption tool in the main program and a command-line solution.
If using the first method, you need to go to the My Tasks window, select the Task menu and click the Decrypt Archive option. From the Decrypt Archive file window that will appear, everything is self-explaining: select the encrypted file, select the folder where you want its content extracted, type in the password (notice the asterisk button on the right that allows you to see what you type) and hit the Decrypt button. There you go ! Easy as pie.
The command-line method might be even easier for people that are used to work this way: type the path and name of the Titan Backup's executable followed by a space, type "/decrypt", also followed by space, the full path and name to the encrypted file, hit space, type the password and confirm by pressing the Enter key. Titan Backup will start and decrypt your file, notifying you when it's done or if there were errors. Note that this method will extract everything in the same folder as the encrypted file location.
It is true that under normal circumstances you will not need this trick, but it was written in the idea that someone in need might find the information here just as valuable as the information encrypted with a military-strength standard cypher.
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