RE: linux password cracking tools

Take a look at www.rfxnetworks.com and their APf firewall it has BFD (brute
force detection) which will lock out bad login attempts.

Bernie--

Quoting Paul Aviles <[email protected]>:

> Is there a way to lock passwords for lets say 5 minutes after so many 
> bad attempts and for them to reset automatically after certain 
> period? We do this under Windows and Netware and your email just made 
> me wonder under linux. Just curious if possible or any tips.
>
> Regards,
>
> -pa
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bénoni MARTIN [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 12:42 PM
> To: paavan shah; [email protected]
> Subject: RE: linux password cracking tools
>
>
> There are so plenty password cracking tools around the web:
>
> - Anger
> - Cain & Abel
> - Crack
> - Hydra
> - John The Ripper
> - LCP
> - LM Crack
> - L0phtCrack 4
> - PWdump3
> - RainbowCrack
> - THC KeyFinder
> - Venom
> - YaHa
> - ...
>
> Some should be more relevant than others, depending on what kind of 
> passwords you want to crack :)
>
> Drop me an email if you need the links to these tools, but googling 
> around should give you what's needed.
>
> Hope this helps ...
>