Decrypt DES by password

[Paul Rubin]

Thomas Dybdahl Ahle <thomas at localhost.localdomain> writes:
> > I'm not aware of a standard that says how CryptDeriveKey is supposed
> > to work....
> I tried to find out how the monofolks did it, but also they didn't know
> the algorithms.

Actually this is almost certainly an entry into the Windows Crypto API.
If you're persistent you might be able to figure it out from the CAPI
does at http://msdn.microsoft.com.  Start by typing CryptDeriveKey
into the search box and follow links and do more searches from there.