Re : RE: [LI] Password ;-]

["Vimal Mathew" <m_vimal@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,
Suvendra wrote:
>you need a very fast m/c and hell lot of time.
Well, I think writing/optimizing a passwd cracker is more fun than
*actually* using it. And, a friend of mine is writing a distributed
version ;P (he is on this list). If you want to get into an account using
passwords (there are simpler ways), you will be surprised how many
guys have login:password same or password=login name followed by 123.
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  And brute-forcing never works(practically) except on limited
character sets (or on those supercomputing monsters).
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Bye,
- --vml


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