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From: Anders Thulin (ath@algonet.se)
Date: 07/18/02 

From: Anders Thulin <ath@algonet.se>
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2002 15:37:51 GMT

Kevin wrote:

> Can anyone tell me what characters LoPht crack uses for it's brute force?
> Is it only A-Z? How about numbers and special characters?

   If that's the standard 1.5 source, it uses only A-Z. See brute_lanman()
in ztest.c. Only way to reset is to change source code and recompile.

   If you have the LM hashes, you might want to try John the Ripper instead
(http://www.openwall.com/john/). Install the non-BETA 1.6 version, and then
the latest 1.6.31 over that to get some important speedups. If you're on a
Windows platform, you can compile it within Cygwin (www.cygwin.com). Note the
first few words -- 'if you have the LM hashes'.

   If it's important, it's probably easier to buy a LC4 license, select the
character set to brute force over, and sit back and wait. On a 500 MHz
system, expect 12 days for max brute forcing without special reconfiguration. 

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Anders Thulin     ath@algonet.se     http://www.algonet.se/~ath