Recreating the exact same .PFX certificate within the same conditions

Mrqv92 0 Reputation points
2023-06-16T10:39:49.9766667+00:00

Hi,

I use efs (encrypting file system) on Windows 11 and recently lost a tremendous amount of work because I lost access to my .pfx certificate. I absolutely want to try to recover it so I wondered if it would be possible to recreate the exact same certificate? If I am on the same computer, with the same user (SID), same password, same system time frame, same workgroup\domain, and everything else needed to get the same .pfx randomization, is there a point where I could create the same certificate password?

I'm asking seriously, because I would rather try this than starting all over again for the years to come. Before asking this, I already searched for several other possibilities, and only brute force remained because of how everything was secured.

Thanks for any information concerning the way .pfx is randomized when created.

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