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RE: Passwords
From: sean.kelly () lanston com
Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 13:27:39 -0400
From: Rex Murphy [mailto:rmurphy () Networkguys com] Is there a product that can identify "hacked Passwords." I had a conversation with some one and they mentioned that such a product existed.
You can run the software people have written to hack passwords on your password file to determine "hackable" passwords. My friend did this a lot in college and sent alerts to the sysadmin. As far as determining if a password has been "hacked," how is this possible? "Hacked" could mean shoulder-surfed or guessed. ie. there would be nothing to distinguish a hacker logging on to an account from the actual user logging into the account. Unless they mean detecting hack attempts, and this kind of thing is genrally in place in systems already. Sean
Current thread:
- Passwords Rex Murphy (Oct 06)
- Re: Passwords Rick Smith (Oct 12)
- Re: Passwords Don Helms (Oct 16)
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- Re: Passwords Rick Smith (Oct 16)
- Re: Passwords Rick Smith (Oct 12)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- RE: Passwords sean . kelly (Oct 12)
- RE: Passwords Siglite (Oct 16)
- RE: Passwords Peter J. Kunz (Oct 16)
- RE: Passwords LeGrow, Matt (Oct 18)
- RE: Passwords Doty, Ted (ISSAtlanta) (Oct 18)
- Re: Passwords Vin McLellan (Oct 18)