RE: Etc/shadow file and john

["Leandro Reox" <lmet5on () fibertel com ar>]

An effective method to get passwords is to pass them trough specific
generated rainbow tables with a tool like CAIN.
Is this hash encrypted with md5 or another known hashing algorithm ?

Cheers

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Leandro Reox
http://www.securearg.net/ Secure from the source 
-----Original Message-----
From: Sherwyn Williams [mailto:sherwill22 () tmail com] 
Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 1:57 PM
To: pen-test () securityfocus com
Subject: Etc/shadow file and john

I am doing an assesment for passwords on a network, after getting the 
password file I piped the output to a text file, tried to run that 
against John and can't get any luck with the program. Do anyone here 
uses any other password programs, and is there a better format than a 
text file to store the out of the etc/shadow when trying to get the 
passes.
Sherwyn Williams
Technical Consultant
Sherwill22 () tmail com