SF new column announcement: John the Ripper 1.7, by Solar Designer

The following column was published on SecurityFocus today:

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


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