Re: wonder what tools or test was used

[killy <killfactory () gmail com>]

Rainbow tables are nice too.
http://www.antsight.com/zsl/rainbowcrack/

Since most agencies I work with are happy with any more than
Alpha-Numeric passwords, I just use the precompiles for Alpha-Numeric.
I have them for a handful of supported hashes.

I find that not too many people use anything more than alpha numeric,
so I am not surprised anymore to find 95% of passwords at any given
site.

Why not use alpha-numeric-symbol tables? I am still compiling them ;)


On 7/14/06, Brent Clark <bclark () eccotours co za> wrote:
> Hey all
>
> With the hack on Debian,s gluck machine and the writes up about it.
> In the 5th paragraph of the following link:
>
> http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/soa/Debian_locks_out_developers_after_server_hack/0,2000061744,39263432,00.htm
>
> It reads
> "An investigation of developer passwords revealed a number of weak passwords whose accounts have been locked in 
> response," Schulze wrote.
>
> My question is, how would they go about that? What tools or tests were needed to test whether an account has a strong 
> or weak password.
>
> The only thing I can think of is a foreach on the usernames and some type of brute force / dictionary attack. I suppose 
> it would have been nice if they
> mentioned the service / protocal that was compromised.
>
> Just something I was thinking.
>
> Kind Regards
> Brent Clark
>
>
>
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