[GH-ISSUE #76] Enhance documentation #39

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opened 2026-03-02 03:59:33 +03:00 by kerem · 4 comments

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Originally created by @CanvaChen on GitHub (Jul 25, 2023).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ElDavoo/wa-crypt-tools/issues/76

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Hi, I’m interested in your project and I want to know how to generate message public key and message private key by myself. I know that these keys are usually stored in the axolotl.db file under the path /data/data/com.whatsapp/databases/, but I want to create them from scratch. Could you please explain the format and algorithm of these keys? Thank you.

Originally created by @CanvaChen on GitHub (Jul 25, 2023). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ElDavoo/wa-crypt-tools/issues/76 Originally assigned to: @ElDavoo on GitHub. Hi, I’m interested in your project and I want to know how to generate message public key and message private key by myself. I know that these keys are usually stored in the axolotl.db file under the path /data/data/com.whatsapp/databases/, but I want to create them from scratch. Could you please explain the format and algorithm of these keys? Thank you.

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@ElDavoo commented on GitHub (Aug 20, 2023):

This project does not to do anything with message keys and axolotl.db - although i agree that more documentation is needed

@ElDavoo commented on GitHub (Aug 20, 2023): This project does not to do anything with message keys and axolotl.db - although i agree that more documentation is needed

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@ElDavoo commented on GitHub (Aug 20, 2023):

Auto generating keys will also be useful for #10 so it will be done at some point

@ElDavoo commented on GitHub (Aug 20, 2023): Auto generating keys will also be useful for #10 so it will be done at some point

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@code-consensus commented on GitHub (Sep 11, 2024):

With regard to enhanced documentation, is it possible to add documentation on waguess ?

The main website only states "Hacky way to try decrypt backups", and running "waguess -h" just has the same description as wadecrypt (i.e. "Decrypts WhatsApp backup files encrypted with crypt12, 14 or 15").

What does this function actually do and how does one use it?

@code-consensus commented on GitHub (Sep 11, 2024): With regard to enhanced documentation, is it possible to add documentation on **_waguess_** ? The main website only states "Hacky way to try decrypt backups", and running "waguess -h" just has the same description as wadecrypt (i.e. "Decrypts WhatsApp backup files encrypted with crypt12, 14 or 15"). What does this function actually do and how does one use it?

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@ElDavoo commented on GitHub (Sep 11, 2024):

What does this function actually do and how does one use it?

It does the same thing of wadecrypt, but in a more barbarian way: Takes the key and DB file "raw" and tries to guess where the key and the IV is. I left it there so if there is a new format we can't understand (but the underlying encryption stays the same) we might be good with it

@ElDavoo commented on GitHub (Sep 11, 2024): > What does this function actually do and how does one use it? It does the same thing of wadecrypt, but in a more barbarian way: Takes the key and DB file "raw" and tries to guess where the key and the IV is. I left it there so if there is a new format we can't understand (but the underlying encryption stays the same) we might be good with it

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[PR #39] [MERGED] Bump protobuf from 4.21.7 to 4.21.8 #98