Re: "Proactive" Password Checking

["Bill Pennington" <bpennington () lucidnetworks com>]

He probably saw an article on l0phtcrack, an excellent NT password cracker.
You can get it at www.l0pht.com the is a zero not an "Oh". You might want to
look at passflt.dll, you can get info on it at Microsoft's web site. It will
let you enforce stronger passwords.

Bill Pennington
Consultant
Lucid NetworX


----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Raykowski <jimrski () san rr com>
To: Owner-Firewall-Wizards <owner-firewall-wizards () lists nfr net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 1999 6:19 AM
Subject: "Proactive" Password Checking


> Just got a strange request from the boss about password checking.
> Now do not get me wrong, when the boss says he wants to be more
> security conscience I get excited especially when he backs it up with
> money.  Now I need your all's help.
>   He said that he read an article about a piece of software, that
> runs on NT, that automatically checks passwords every so often or
> however often you schedule it.  However, he can not remember where he
> saw the article or what the software is.  Do you all have any idea?
> TIA,
> Jim Raykowski        San Diego, CA
> jimrski () san rr com   MCSE, MCP. MCP + I
>
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