On Wed, Aug 14, 2002 at 02:20:07AM -0400, Robert Parker wrote:
>
> I don't remember where I read this but it only takes the crackers about 1 - 2
> seconds to crack your average MD5 encrypted password. This is quite logical
> because all they had to do is make a database of all of the MD5 sums of all
> the passwords in the various dictionaries.
Of course, that would necessitate access to the machine. A brute force
dictionary attack is much more likely. To thwart both, enforce strong
passwords.
--Dan
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