I would also recommend some variety of a strong password requirement when changing passwords, if you haven't already got one -- that way you won't have that problem in the first place. :)
---- _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ |Y#| | | |\/| | \ |\ | | | Ryan Novosielski - Jr. UNIX Systems Admin |$&| |__| | | |__/ | \| _| | [EMAIL PROTECTED] - 973/972.0922 (2-0922) \__/ Univ. of Med. and Dent. | IST/ACS - NJMS Medical Science Bldg - C630 On Fri, 26 Sep 2003, Jason Balicki wrote: > > > >I've got a problem with some idiots of my users :=). > > Don't we all. > > >They always use weak passwords. Does anyone know > >a way to find out which passwords are easy to crack? > >I mean usual passwords like god, sex, password, $username, .... > > You can use John the Ripper (free) or (and I hesitate to mention > this, because of @stake's recent horrible behavior) LC4 > (formerly L0phtcrack) which costs money. (I think l0phtcrack > used to be free, if I'm not mistaken.) > > John the Ripper: > > http://www.openwall.com/john/ > > LC4: > > http://www.atstake.com/research/lc/ > > Why you should cease business with @stake: > > http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1804&ncid=1804&e=3&u=/washpo > st/20030926/tc_washpost/a2328_2003sep25 > > There are other password cracking programs. They're just a google > search away. Are you scared yet? > > --J(K) > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba > -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
