• In cryptanalysis and computer security, password cracking is the process of guessing passwords protecting a computer system. A common approach (brute-force...
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  • Crack is a Unix password cracking program designed to allow system administrators to locate users who may have weak passwords vulnerable to a dictionary...
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    file no cracking is necessary, while if he fails to get the key cracking is not possible. Thus, of the common storage formats for passwords only when...
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  • John the Ripper (category Password cracking software)
    John the Ripper is a free password cracking software tool. Originally developed for the Unix operating system, it can run on fifteen different platforms...
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  • successful, since many commonly used password creation techniques are covered by the available lists, combined with cracking software pattern generation. A...
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    Cain and Abel (software) (category Password cracking software)
    was a password recovery tool for Microsoft Windows. It could recover many kinds of passwords using methods such as network packet sniffing, cracking various...
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  • Look up cracking in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Cracking may refer to: Cracking, the formation of a fracture or partial fracture in a solid material...
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    functions, the opposite is true in password security applications in which defending against brute-force cracking is a primary concern. The growing use...
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  • Hashcat (category Password cracking software)
    Developments in Password Cracking". Passwords. Bruce Schneier. 19 September 2012. "Hashcat [hashcat wiki]". "PRINCE: modern password guessing algorithm"...
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  • attempt from cracking multiple passwords, given that salt re-use is avoided. Salts also combat the use of precomputed tables for cracking passwords. Such a...
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  • amount of time a brute-force search takes. Password cracking Password cracking is the process of recovering passwords from data that has been stored in or transmitted...
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  • L0phtCrack is a password auditing and recovery application originally produced by Mudge from L0pht Heavy Industries. It is used to test password strength...
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    directly recover the password. However, knowledge of the hash value lets the attacker quickly test guesses offline. Password cracking programs are widely...
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  • test each possible key. Passwords or passphrases created by humans are often short or predictable enough to allow password cracking, and key stretching is...
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  • protection Password cracking, the process of recovering passwords from data stored in or transmitted by a computer system Security hacker, cracking a system...
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  • function used for password hashing on Fedora Linux, Debian, Ubuntu, and Arch Linux. The function is more resistant to offline password-cracking attacks than...
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  • common passwords in 2019, from 100 million passwords leaked in data breaches that year. Password cracking Wikipedia:10,000 most common passwords The presence...
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  • is negligible. When cracking passwords, this method is very fast when used to check all short passwords, but for longer passwords other methods such as...
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  • LAN Manager (category Password authentication)
    tables, and brute force attacks unless long, unpredictable passwords are used, see password cracking. NTLM is used for logon with local accounts except on...
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  • for cracking password hashes. Passwords are typically stored not in plain text form, but as hash values. If such a database of hashed passwords falls...
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    a specific crack. A crack can mean any tool that enables breaking software protection, a stolen product key, or guessed password. Cracking software generally...
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  • 3-D". eWeek. April 26, 2007. Retrieved May 18, 2007. "PlayStation speeds password probe". BBC News. November 30, 2007. Retrieved January 17, 2011. "CELL:...
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  • leet speak. There is a perception that munged passwords are more secure, but modern password cracking tools include rules to account for character substitutions...
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    Ophcrack (category Password cracking software)
    Commons Cracking Windows XP Passwords at Wikibooks Official website Ophcrack Online Demo - form to submit hashes and instantly crack passwords Ophcrack...
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  • ElcomSoft (category Password cracking software)
    has been working on computer security programs, with the main focus on password and system recovery software. On July 16, 2001, Dmitry Sklyarov, a Russian...
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  • authentication technologies by attaining login credentials and one-time passwords. The group claims that it targeted MGM due to them catching the group...
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  • A password policy is a set of rules designed to enhance computer security by encouraging users to employ strong passwords and use them properly. A password...
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  • Hydra (software) (category Password cracking software)
    attacks and dictionary attacks, in order to guess the right username and password combination. Hydra is commonly used by penetration testers together with...
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  • tracing method) can be handled with no interdependency. Some forms of password cracking are another embarrassingly parallel task that is easily distributed...
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    Passphrase (category Password authentication)
    seconds using crackstation.net, indicating that the phrase is found in password cracking databases.) Using this guideline, to achieve the 80-bit strength recommended...
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