Re: Re: How Windows Password Cracking Programs Work
- From: e.m.baechle@xxxxxxxx
- Date: 27 Jul 2006 02:15:42 -0000
You've got it right.
Password "Cracking" for the most part is nothing but a systematic attempt to create a hash that matches the one you took from the system. The program could use dictionaries, brute force, or a combination along with predictability routines for the language being used.
The most important part of that is obtaining the password hash files to compare the guesses against. A lot of attention goes towards creating a "reasonably uncrackable password." But the first part of the password crack is to obtain the password hash files.
Sincerely,
Eric Baechle
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