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IYpi3tbduwbfwm |
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Such a password can't be cracked by brute force. |
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... and it's easy to remember. |
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If Your password is 3 times better, don't use words brute force won't |
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matter. |
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I use to use SUCH passwords. |
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On Fri, 2005-08-26 at 08:46 +0000, Fernando Meira wrote: |
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> On 8/26/05, Frank Schafer <frank.schafer@×××××××××.cz> wrote: |
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> On Fri, 2005-08-26 at 07:50 +0200, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: |
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> > Am Donnerstag, 25. August 2005 18:21 schrieb ext Willie |
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> Wong: |
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> > > Your best bet is to get someone your trust to boot into |
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> single for you |
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> > > and reset the password there. |
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> > |
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> > Single wouldn't work, You still get a login: prompt. The |
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> only ways to get at |
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> > it are LiveCD or booting with "init=/bin/bash". |
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> > Bye... |
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> > |
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> > Dirk |
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> Right. Due to the fact that he got a new password, I think |
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> they did it |
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> exactly that way (LifeCD or boot disc). |
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> There is no official hack to get the password out of the |
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> machine. It is |
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> nowhere stored in uncrypted form and the crypting algorithm |
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> itself is |
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> not reversable. |
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> Not the best way to do it, but getting the crypted form of the root |
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> pass and using it for a brute-force attack wouldn't get a good result? |
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> By good result I mean a positive match within a short period of time! |
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> Of course I assume for that, that he had an idea of what was the |
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> password like.. number of characters, use of symbols, and so, so that |
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> he could apply the attack as nearer of the real pass as possible.. |
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> would this be a possible way to do it? |
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