How to Recover Saved Passwords in LeapFTP

In this article, you’ll learn where LeapFTP stores your FTP login passwords, how they are protected, and how you can easily recover them.
LeapFTP Password Secrets
LeapFTP stores all your FTP login passwords at following location
C:\Program Files(x86)\LeapFTP 3.0\Users\Default\sites.dat
LeapFTP uses custom structure to store all FTP configurations in the above file “sites.dat”.
Here are more details how to decode this file. This file starts with 16 bytes of size and FTP records related information. After that follows first FTP record which contains FTP site name, port, server, username & encoded password in that order.
LeapFTP uses XOR algorithm to encode each of the FTP password with predefined static 8 byte key. Then this encoded password is saved in the “sites.dat” file for each FTP configuration.
How to Recover LeapFTP Passwords Automatically
Now you can easily recover all your forgotten FTP login passwords from “LeapFTP” without any technical knowledge.
With just one click, XenArmor FTP Password Recovery Pro can recover all your saved FTP site passwords from LeapFTP in seconds.
Follow these simple steps,
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