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Firefox Profile Decryption Explained

https://github.com/asaix/mozdmp
3•asaix•1h ago

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asaix•1h ago
Hello. I've looked at the latest versions of Firefox (post the sha384 and global salt hashing changes) and detailed the profile decryption process in the README of a tool I built to automate this.

If you find it interesting, do check it out. Any suggestions or contributions would be appreciated.

Direct link to the decryption process section: https://github.com/asaix/mozdmp#decryption-process-explained

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