----- Original Message ----- From: "Suresh Ramasubramanian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Rohan Almeida <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > It is not possible (IMHO) to retrieve any passwords, > > as they are stored in a 1 way encryption format. > > Yes, you may get the encrypted password, > > but it is highly impossible to decrypt it. > There are lots of password crackers available - john etc. > Especially if these people haven't used mkpasswd or something to > generate the password, but used regular names etc, it should be able to > retrieve the password quite fast.
It was my understanding that password crackers like john the ripper worked by a sort of dictionary cracking. If the password were not a word in a dictionary, it is extremely difficult indeed to crack the password. Brute force methods take ages. Thaths _______________________________________________________________ Sponsored by: ThinkGeek at http://www.ThinkGeek.com/ _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
