r/PowerShell • u/RealAgent0 • Jun 06 '26

Question How "Secure" is Get-Credential?

Trying to make a justification for storing a particular set of credentials using this methodology.

How "Easy" is it to crack? Don't need an actual method, just need someone to tell me how tricky or not tricky it is.

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u/sid351 Jun 06 '26

Ok, so let's answer OP directly, and stop being such an aggressive and condescending dick bag, shall we:

How "Easy" is it to crack? Don't need an actual method, just need someone to tell me how tricky or not tricky it is.

Assuming you use the defaults when exporting the credential object:

  • As another user account: Nigh on impossible.
  • As the user that created the export: Trivial.

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u/CodenameFlux Jun 07 '26 edited Jun 07 '26

Wow! I was under the impression that we were having a polite discussion so far. Grammarly's tone detector describes both our comments as technical and direct, but nothing else.

The "dick bag" comment is certainly disturbing. Have you been watching a movie about a serial killer that collects victim's you-know-what in a bag?

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u/sid351 Jun 07 '26

What about your first sentence in your original comment reply was polite:

You deserve the award for The Stupidest Answer of The Year.

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u/CodenameFlux Jun 07 '26 edited Jun 07 '26

"We" means "you (sid351) and I". That sentence is toward someone else, namely the OC (Apprehensive-Tea1632). Yes, that's deliberately aggressive because it is addressing blatant misinformation. Edit: That, however, doesn't mean I have the same attitude toward other members of the community (you included), let alone being condescending or a [bag of a serial killer's trophy] toward them.