On Mon, 2003-02-03 at 07:29, Bret Hughes wrote:
> On Mon, 2003-02-03 at 01:16, Peter Kiem wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > > What I did when I needed to do a similar thing was instead of sniffing,
> > > just  used the program "John the Ripper" available at
> > > http://www.openwall.com/john/
> > >
> > > Just run this thing against your shadow passwords file, and depending on
> > > how  fast your system is, you get the passwords cracked anywhere from
> > > 10mins to a  week.
> > 
> > Ahhh OK this looks like a much better idea.  Thanks :)
> > 
> 
> Thats scary.
> 
> bret

That's why /etc/shadow should be used and only have read access given to
root.
-- 
Caleb Groom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>



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