What is the algo used to encrypt private keys on the simple nanowallet?

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#1

Hi. Not much funds involved, but I am trying to access a wallet I have. It’s a simple nanowallet (see Simple Wallet | NEM Documentation). I have a eight word long passphrase, but missing the sixth word. I’m pretty sure this word is only four or maybe five letters long. Obviously I can automate the search by brute force if I know what algo is used, the salt (if any) & iterations.

Any ideas to help me?

I may go with mechanize (a Python library) if I can figure out how the form for the nanowallet is laid out, my version is 1.4.3. Any guidance on that approach would be appreciated either/also.

Regards,

Rocket

#2

I guess already answered here Does passphrase include whitespaces between words?

#3

I found the password on an old scrap of paper. I was actually working my way through the four letter words in as systematic & automated a fashion as possible (words listed on a html page, one click copy). I’d got to C. The missing word turned out to be ‘yawn’.

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