Is the password stored in the encrypted file or text?
No, password is stored neither in the encrypted file nor in the encrypted text. If “Encrypt with password check confirmation” option is on while encrypting: Your password hash (not password) is stored in the encrypted text/file. The program will compare this hash with the hash of the password you enter for decryption. If they are identical, the program will decrypt information. Hashing is a one way action only; it is impossible to derive the password from the hash. The hashing process is simply a way of checking that the correct password has been input. If “Encrypt with password check confirmation” option is off while encrypting: To mitigate the threat of trivial Brute Force attacks on the encrypted information, you can encrypt it the way it doesn’t store password hash. If you turn off “Encrypt with password check confirmation” option, it prevents the program from storing password hash in the encrypted text or file and makes Brute Force attacks harder. In this case, you enter wrong pas
