New article on SecurityFocus: John the Ripper creator interview

John the Ripper 1.7, by Solar Designer
interview by Federico Biancuzzi
2006-02-22

Federico Biancuzzi interviews Solar Designer, creator of the popular John
the Ripper password cracker. Solar Designer discusses what's new in version
1.7, the advantages of popular cryptographic hashes, the relative speed at
which many passwords can now be cracked, and how one can choose strong
passphrases (forget passwords) that are harder to break.

http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/388

--
Erin Carroll
Moderator
SecurityFocus pen-test list
"Do Not Taunt Happy-Fun Ball"

--
No virus found in this outgoing message.
Checked by AVG Free Edition.
Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.0.0/267 - Release Date: 2/22/2006



------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Audit your website security with Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner:

Hackers are concentrating their efforts on attacking applications on your
website. Up to 75% of cyber attacks are launched on shopping carts, forms,
login pages, dynamic content etc. Firewalls, SSL and locked-down servers are
futile against web application hacking. Check your website for vulnerabilities
to SQL injection, Cross site scripting and other web attacks before hackers do!
Download Trial at:

http://www.securityfocus.com/sponsor/pen-test_050831
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------