On Mon, 7 May 2001, Gavin wrote:
> it suggested I try using it to see how secure the passwords my friends
> employees are using.
Btw, you need to get explicit permission from the owner of the machines
before undertaking any sort of security audit. Not doing so can result in
prison time and huge fines.
Eg., Randall Schwarz, the perl god who co-authored some of the O'Reilly
perl books, had criminal charges brought by Intel (whom he was consulting
for at the time) for using a password cracking program for the same reason
you mention.
You can find more info about it here:
http://www.lightlink.com/spacenka/fors/
-pete
