Re: password cracking: one char at a time.

[Saqib Ali <docbook.xml () gmail com>]

For systems that store md5 or SHA1 hashes of password, this might not
be possible, cause a change in single character changes the whole
hash.

On 11/21/05, michael young <mhyoung () valdosta edu> wrote:
> Hi all,
>     I was wondering if is at all possible to discover a password one
> char at a time.
> Normally, you either get the password right or wrong (all or nothing).
> Does anyone know if this can be done? Does it depend on the encryption
> algorithm
> used to encrypt the password? Is that a difference for 1 and/or 2 way
> passwords?

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