Comments on: Password Recovery Speed http://www.cypherhackz.net/archives/2006/04/10/password-recovery-speed/ Malaysia Tech Blog Sun, 12 Feb 2012 14:53:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Administrator http://www.cypherhackz.net/archives/2006/04/10/password-recovery-speed/comment-page-1/#comment-2359 Administrator Fri, 05 May 2006 03:49:50 +0000 http://www.cypherhackz.net/archives/2006/04/10/password-recovery-speed/#comment-2359 Really? But I think it depends on how bigger your dictionary file is if you are using Dictionary Attack. :d Really? But I think it depends on how bigger your dictionary file is if you are using Dictionary Attack. :d

]]> By: Rupert http://www.cypherhackz.net/archives/2006/04/10/password-recovery-speed/comment-page-1/#comment-2228 Rupert Fri, 21 Apr 2006 09:44:21 +0000 http://www.cypherhackz.net/archives/2006/04/10/password-recovery-speed/#comment-2228 In this case, it was none of the above. The password I "forgot" was actually pretty strong. Don't take my word for it; use John the Ripper on your password hash. Set John to start at 8 chars. You'll see what I mean. The password I forgot was 'pac1west' which isn't succeptible to dictionary attacks... In this case, it was none of the above. The password I “forgot” was actually pretty strong. Don’t take my word for it; use John the Ripper on your password hash. Set John to start at 8 chars. You’ll see what I mean. The password I forgot was ‘pac1west’ which isn’t succeptible to dictionary attacks…

]]> By: Administrator http://www.cypherhackz.net/archives/2006/04/10/password-recovery-speed/comment-page-1/#comment-2225 Administrator Fri, 21 Apr 2006 08:40:51 +0000 http://www.cypherhackz.net/archives/2006/04/10/password-recovery-speed/#comment-2225 Well some people use simple combination passwords. And sometimes they use words that we can get from the dictionary. :) Well some people use simple combination passwords. And sometimes they use words that we can get from the dictionary. :)

]]> By: Rupert http://www.cypherhackz.net/archives/2006/04/10/password-recovery-speed/comment-page-1/#comment-2142 Rupert Sun, 16 Apr 2006 23:11:10 +0000 http://www.cypherhackz.net/archives/2006/04/10/password-recovery-speed/#comment-2142 As someone who has 'recovered' mixed passwords before, I can assure it takes, at most, weeks to recover a password. Having said that, it doesn't hurt to use mixed passwords. My password recovery software was, admittedly, altivec-enabled, so it was computing 128-bit chunks. OTOH, you can shorten the time needed by <i>assuming</i> the password is 8 chars long, thus skipping 1-7 chars. On secure networks, this is a good assumption. As someone who has ‘recovered’ mixed passwords before, I can assure it takes, at most, weeks to recover a password. Having said that, it doesn’t hurt to use mixed passwords. My password recovery software was, admittedly, altivec-enabled, so it was computing 128-bit chunks.

OTOH, you can shorten the time needed by assuming the password is 8 chars long, thus skipping 1-7 chars. On secure networks, this is a good assumption.

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