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On Tuesday, 5 February 2019 10:13:44 GMT Dale wrote: |
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> After seeing your reply, I realize I just type the command and it |
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> prompts me for a password. I ctrl c to exit. Well, ain't that |
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> something? You can stop laughing now. ;-) |
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> It seems to think helloworld and reallysecurepassword is OK. I have to |
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> question just how good this tool is at this point. |
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Quite! |
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I think the cracklib acceptance parameters are not as strict as they could |
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have been for modern computing, but I don't know how to tweak them. With |
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johntheripper you have many options to tweak the characters tested, length, |
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etc. when checking a password. |
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PS. I wasn't laughing at you, I was laughing at the passwords cracklib |
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thought were OK. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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