Robert Waldner wrote: > > On Thu, 24 Aug 2000 23:49:16 +0200, Oliver Schoenknecht writes: > > After > >some search I got his password file which you see below ... I for > >myself can make out the different users but the passwords are > >encrypted.... does anyone of you know how to decrypt those strange > >letters into clear text ? > > go to freshmeat.net and search for john, it´s a (more or less) brute > -force password-cracker, if he was silly enough to choose an insecure > password, you´re there.
thats one of the downsides to non-US systems, looks like that box is german, finding dictionaries for foreign languages can be difficult(finding good ones too) not that i've cracked any password files for 5-6 years maybe things have changed.. nate -- ::: ICQ: 75132336 http://www.aphroland.org/ http://www.linuxpowered.net/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]