And you thought the UUENCODE bug was limited to URL hacks? Nah.
Warning: Some systems will let you SET passwords using characters which
are unrecognized by the system to gain access, resulting in you locking
yourself out. It pays to know field separators, for instance. Things
like " " (the
From: Meidinger Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I know you don't want to hear this, but remember that MS Windows NT or 2000
running in hybrid mode uses an NTLM hash to represent the password. This
hash represents only 7 characters, meaning that if you have a 21 character
password, it is really 3 consecut
lways takes place in the framework of high expectation."
Jack Kinder
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From: Chris Berry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 16:55
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: Using non-printable characters in passwords
>From: Meidinger Chris <
From: "dave kleiman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Not quite;
If you pass the 14 character margin, No LM hash will be stored of the
password. 14 characters is its limit, so if you enforce a policy of 15 or
greater you do not have to worry about it.
That's true, but I wouldn't rely on that. It's pretty easy
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From: Optrics Engineering - Shaun Sturby, MCSE [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 10:20 AM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Cc: 'Edmunds, Ron'
Subject: RE: Using non-printable characters in passwords
Hello Ron,
This depends on the co
I know you don't want to hear this, but remember that MS Windows NT or 2000
running in hybrid mode uses an NTLM hash to represent the password. This
hash represents only 7 characters, meaning that if you have a 21 character
password, it is really 3 consecutive 7 character passwords. Thus your 21
ch
One that throws people off for file names and directory names, especially in
certain platforms, is ALT+255. :-)
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Regards,
Tim Greer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Server administration, security, programming, consulting.
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From: "Birl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Here is a listing of the alt keys. I think there are hundreds out there
just like this.
Maybe this will give you some of the keys, you are looking for.
http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/maths/altchrc.htm
JayW
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Although I very much value the 4 responses I hav
Although I very much value the 4 responses I have received so far, I think
I should clarify my original question better:
Are there any other keys (or combination thereof) besides, CTRL or ALT,
that can be used?
Another question, it is possible to use CTRL + ALT +at the
same time? Where, obv
-Original Message-
From: Optrics Engineering - Shaun Sturby, MCSE [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 10:20 AM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Cc: 'Edmunds, Ron'
Subject: RE: Using non-printable characters in passwords
Hello Ron,
This depends on the co
tmedic.net
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From: Birl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 13:26
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Using non-printable characters in passwords
Although I very much value the 4 responses I have received so far, I think
I should clarify my original
Here's a list of the ALT+XXX possible characters:
http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=649957
The list also gives the Mac and HTML ways to do these chars.
Manuel Lanctot
Novalis, Bayard Press
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> De : Birl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Envoye : 6 aout, 2003 14:41
>
Executive Summary: This manifesto is designed to give system administrators a
better grasp on the importance of password security. It is also designed to help
users understand the importance of choosing a strong password
http://www.somorita.com/Networking/PasswordManifesto.asp
Want to make it eve
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