When connecting to a new project via FTP I will occasionally come across .STE (Dreamweaver Site File) files being used as a means to store FTP username and password information. The FTP password is always encrypted in these files. This causes problems because I do not use Dreamweaver to build websites. Even worse, what if I were someone else that did not own a copy of Dreamweaver?
If you come across a legacy site that uses an .STE file to provide FTP information it can be difficult to get that information into another program.
Here is the process I went through to extract the password from a .STE file:
That’s it, you’ve de-crypted the FTP password, your free now.