hmac validation error

[Anonymous]

How do i fix “hmac validation error”?

[SvanteSpectator]

Hello Anonymous,

This depends on the version of AxCrypt you’re using – but it also signifies a serious problem with the file. The meaning is essentially that the file has been modified after it was encrypted. That’s not good.

You can’t really ‘fix it’. With AxCrypt 1.x you can chose to ignore it, but no guarantees are given as to the correctness of the decryption. Go to http://www.axantum.com/ and check the section on registry settings for instructions how to instruct AxCrypt to ignore the error.

[Shawn Park]

Is there a way to get AxCrypt 2.x to ignore this error and decrypt also?

 

 

[SvanteSpectator]

Hello Shawn,

Under Options, enable ‘Debug’. Then in the Debug menu, chose ‘Try Broken File’.

[david lispet]

Is there any other way, to fix the HMAC error?
I’ve set AxCrypt (mac) to debug mode and with the “try broken file” option enabled in the debug menu.
but it’s not giving me the option to open the AXX file anyway.

Would really appreciate further help, it’s a foto archive i can’t seem to open

[SvanteSpectator]

Hello David,

The Mac build is perhaps a little outdated and we have improved this, but you should be able to try to decrypt the file. You can’t use the regular open file, you should try to decrypt the file (and only a copy of the file, don’t work on the original, keep that unchanged) from within AxCrypt.

[Author]

Posts