Re: How Windows Password Cracking Programs Work

["Dharmesh Sampat" <sampatdharmesh () gmail com>]

I might be wrong.

But as far as I understand, the program normally reads password from
dictonary (Either pre-defined or dynamically generated as per user
critiria).

It converts the string into encrypted password.

It matches the encrypted strings.

If the encrypted strings are matches means password is cracked!!

:)





On 22 Jul 2006 15:33:12 -0000, winshel () camden rutgers edu
<winshel () camden rutgers edu> wrote:
> Please excuse my lack of technical understanding of windows password cracking software.
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> My question is whether windows password cracking programs has to do with how these programs work.
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> Is it correct that they do not crack a password one character at a time?  That is, the password cracking programs 
> aren't able to determine that they have cracked the first character, or the first two or first three characters?
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> Also, is it correct that password cracking programs aren't able to determine - ahead of time - how long a windows 
> password is?
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> Thanks.
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