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ntds.dit, john and pwdump2
From: "Dave Dyer" <ddyer () ciber com>
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 10:27:50 -0800
Hello List, I am cracking a password file for a client, and have a copy of the NTDS.DIT file from a domain controller (win2k/Active Directory). We do not have access to L0phtcrack currently, and I'm on a deadline. I was going to use John the Ripper with some plugins written by 3rd parties to crack the password file, but apparently the NTDS.DIT file isn't really a hashed file that John can read After some research, I found that you can use PWDUMP2 to actually export the user/pw information on the DC to a hashed file that you can then crack with John (even if syskey is used after SP2). However, in order for PWDUMP to work, you have to run it as an administrator from the DC itself, where it injects its own .dll into the lsass.exe process, which I no longer have access to. My question is this: Does anyone know if there is a way to extract the user/pw information from the NTDS.DIT file (rather than from lsass.exe on the server) into a hashed file that I can then crack with John? If not, does anyone have any other suggestions on what I can do with this NTDS.DIT file to crack it? Thanks in Advance, dave *********** Dave Dyer <mailto:ddyer () enspherics com <mailto:ddyer () enspherics com> > "So you'll bring experts in to water the company's plants but you'll do the security thing yourself?" -QinetiQ in the Financial Times
Current thread:
- ntds.dit, john and pwdump2 Dave Dyer (Jan 24)
- Re: ntds.dit, john and pwdump2 the.soylent (Jan 24)
- RE: ntds.dit, john and pwdump2 Dave Dyer (Jan 25)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- RE: ntds.dit, john and pwdump2 Beauford, Jason (Jan 24)
- RE: ntds.dit, john and pwdump2 Klotz, Brian (Jan 24)
- RE: ntds.dit, john and pwdump2 Dave Dyer (Jan 25)
- Re: ntds.dit, john and pwdump2 miguel . dilaj (Jan 25)
- RE: ntds.dit, john and pwdump2 Roger A. Grimes (Jan 26)
- RE: ntds.dit, john and pwdump2 Roger A. Grimes (Jan 27)
- Re: ntds.dit, john and pwdump2 the.soylent (Jan 24)