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Re: How does the Cain and Abel SAM dump works?
From: "Patrick Webster" <patrick () aushack com>
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:59:55 +1000
On newer Windows boxes the SAM is protected... but not from LocalSystem :) PWDump3 is an example. It installs/dumps/uninstalls as a Windows service. -Patrick On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 6:54 PM, Vikas Singhal <vikas.programmer () gmail com> wrote:
Hi Friends, Nowaday, I am studying on the Topic - Cracking Windows password. There are lot of tools out there which can dump LM and NTLM hashes for you. But as far i know, you can't touch the SAM file when windows is running, so, how does these tools work. Is the sam dumped in-memory? Regards V
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- Re: Fwd: How does the Cain and Abel SAM dump works?, (continued)
- Re: Fwd: How does the Cain and Abel SAM dump works? Dave Hull (Jul 16)
- Re: Fwd: How does the Cain and Abel SAM dump works? Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers (Jul 16)
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- Passwords: length vs. complexity (was: How does the Cain and Abel SAM dump works?) Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers (Jul 18)
- RE: Passwords: length vs. complexity (was: How does the Cain and Abel SAM dump works?) Rivest, Philippe (Jul 21)
- Re: Passwords: length vs. complexity Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers (Jul 21)
- RE: Passwords: length vs. complexity Rivest, Philippe (Jul 21)
- Re: Passwords: length vs. complexity Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers (Jul 21)
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- Re: Passwords: length vs. complexity Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers (Jul 22)
- Re: How does the Cain and Abel SAM dump works? Rob Thompson (Jul 18)
- Re: How does the Cain and Abel SAM dump works? Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers (Jul 16)
- RE: How does the Cain and Abel SAM dump works? Rivest, Philippe (Jul 16)