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Re: Unix Passwd

To: Eric Murray <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Unix Passwd
From: Laszlo Vecsey <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 26 Dec 1996 14:45:25 -0500 (EST)
cc: Fyodor Yarochkin <[email protected]>, [email protected]
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On Thu, 26 Dec 1996, Eric Murray wrote:

> Fyodor Yarochkin writes:
> > 
> > 
> > Anyone has any success in breaking this?
> > -f
> 
> Many people have tried breaking the cipher, I have not heard
> of anyone being successful.
> 
> There is however a number of programs that attempt a brute-force
> of passwords, the best is called 'crack' and is written by Alec Muffet.

>From Applied Cryptography (2nd edition) I got the impression that it has
been cracked. Do a netsearch for "Crypt Breakers Workbench", its a
freeware program that attempts to do just that.

- Lester

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