RE: netbios brute force

["Roger A. Grimes" <roger () banneretcs com>]

Yes, and the two most common are BrutusA2 (aged) and Hydra
(www.thc.org). In both instances you have to provide a potential
password and user list files. 

Roger

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-----Original Message-----
From: Cherian Thomas [mailto:cherian.in () gmail com] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 11:22 PM
To: security-basics () securityfocus com
Subject: netbios brute force

is this possible?
  a netbios brute force tool which can crack login password of systems
over the lan?. if  yes ...what are the common tools and how does one
prevent such abuse(long passwords or limit on checks )?.



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With regards,
Cherian