Re: How many password cracking programs are there?

[Harold Winshel <winshel () camden rutgers edu>]

It is a good overview of password cracking but I didn't see that it 
addressed anything about strong passphrases.

At 01:12 PM 7/24/2006, Hollis via Rubicon Recluse wrote:
> I think wikipedia did a pretty good job of explaining the various 
> ways to crack passwords.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Password_cracking
>
> At 03:44 PM 7/22/2006 +0000, winshel () camden rutgers edu wrote:
> > This may seem like a silly question but, in many discussions of how 
> > windows password cracking programs work, it seems that the same 
> > small number of password cracking programs are mentioned (e.g., 
> > John the Ripper,L0phtCrack,).
> >
> > In order to understand how to protect a windows computer from 
> > password cracking software, it would seem necessary to understand 
> > how the current password cracking programs work.  But, aren't there 
> > lots and lots and lots of password cracking programs?  There's tens 
> > of thousands of virus programs - is there not a large number of 
> > password cracking programs?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
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