Re: dictionary

From: gminick (gminick@hacker.pl)
Date: 09/18/02


Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 14:48:01 +0200
From: gminick <gminick@hacker.pl>
To: vuln-dev@securityfocus.com

On Tue, Sep 17, 2002 at 08:28:51AM +0000, alex hajii wrote:
> 70% of passwords "break" under a good dictionary attack.
Just beacuse 90% of passwords are weak ;>

> is anyone here familiar with a good dictionary database ?
Go to http://www.packetstormsecurity.org/ and type "dictionary"
into their search engine...

> is there any already written software for this reason that is downloadable?
http://www.openwall.com/john/

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