RE: How do you conduct a password audit?

["Chadha, Sachin" <Sachin.Chadha () fisglobal com>]

ARP Poisoning !!! not a good idea in most of the Company's /
Organization's  Network... :(    

-----Original Message-----
From: listbounce () securityfocus com [mailto:listbounce () securityfocus com]
On Behalf Of Edd Burgess
Sent: 13 May 2011 20:44
To: security-basics () securityfocus com
Subject: Re: How do you conduct a password audit?

I have seen an automatic audit setup on a linux server before as a cron 
job; just running john the ripper against the shadow file once a week 
and storing any weak results so the sysadmin can contact the relative
users.

In other words, if you are worried about broaching the subject with 
management, try to crack the passwords yourself - In my experience, 
non-techs are more convinced by actual evidence; 'I managed to crack 
your password in 3mins' than any amount of advice/information you can 
throw at them. I had to actually ARP poison my boss and sniff an FTP 
password to convince him to let me secure our office wifi!


On 13/05/2011 12:47, wyfr1972 () gmail com wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I have many questions on this.  I've learnt a lot from SecBasics, but
now I have a few questions of my own.  I want to carry out a password
audit for my company, but I'm not sure how to proceed.
> Firstly, how do I broach the subject with management? Are there are
standards/methodologies online that I can use to back up my request to
management?
> Then, how do you conduct the audit? We have a mix of devices
Windows/Solaris/Unix/Checkpoint/Cisco/network printers/etc.
> How do I phase the work for best effect?  How do I present my
findings?
> Thanks for your advice and help in advance.
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