-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Wow Vladis shut the fuck up
On Fri, 05 Oct 2007 10:35:36 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >On Thu, 04 Oct 2007 22:22:14 EDT, Brian Toovey said: >> Does anyone know what kind of password hash this is? >> 'password1' = >> &c6;Ub&c3;&ab;&19;a&cf;&86; > >Hex format would be less likely to be mis-parsed. I'm *guessing* >you >mean the hash is x'c65562c3 ab1961cf 86' - which is slightly odd, >being >72 bits long. A salted 64-bit hash, perhaps? Or it might be some >home-grown >hash that somebody invented. > >If you know what 'password1' hashes to, it's time to do some >differential >cryptography and try hashing 'password2', 'password11', >'passwor111', and so >on, to determine how many input characters the hash considers. >The next thing >to try is hashing 'qassword1' (which has one bit different from >'password1') >and seeing how many of the output bits change, which will tell you >the relative >strength of the hash. A good hash will have about half the bits >change on a >one-bit difference (and continuing through q, r, s, t and so on >won't reveal >any pattern of *which* bits change), while a bad hash will fail to >cause a bit >cascade and only a few bits will be different in the output. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Note: This signature can be verified at https://www.hushtools.com/verify Charset: UTF8 Version: Hush 2.5 wpwEAQECAAYFAkcGdtUACgkQ+dWaEhErNvQLwQP+Ko1yikEE4RLH8sLeEb5e/NeMyVOC LbhDm1FOs3U0mIEhA0Wuuh/7OP39xI9ot4L7kTZVBLL3b9pF7hrG4Wl2btsZPhBScGFc LuUwNkW1UM6sEiZOTiysjRw3fcxMghr3uxVxD/fi3e14mJeb8y0Gcd/i7B/I81AVWORO RlXr0ZY= =E3Mo -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Do you need to diversify your portfolio? Click here for informaton on trading currency. http://tagline.hushmail.com/fc/Ioyw6h4eApyx5Oq5Gf7tziyDDQmkClkksyK1XaXAXEQZzL2L1TjxLy/ _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
