RE: linux password cracking tools

the new methods which are now being used is not a
direct attack , they first obtain your shadow and
passwd , mix them up and then start breaking hashes .
so setting a password expiration wont do well against
these methods . 

c0d3r of IHS
Network Security Researcher



--- Paul Aviles <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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 ...
> 



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