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Apr 8, 2002, 12:12am

As was said.. discussing the how-to "levels the playing field". If someone
wants to crack a password, they can do it, it's only a matter of time.
NOTHING anyone can do about it..

But, knowing first how things are encrypted, and then how they are cracked
is the first step to devolving a way of stopping it.

If you don't know how a malicious user got the root password on your server,
how can you go about fixing it?

Have you ever read the "Hacking Exposed" series of books? Sure, they tell
hundreds of way to hack everything from windows, Unix/Linux, to novell, and
more. What to know why they are such popular books? It is because they
list each attack, explain how to go about the attack, and then explain what
needs to be done to prevent it. It gives the user an understanding of what
an attacker is trying to do, which gives you the basis of what you need to
do to fix things. That was exactly what I was trying to do...

Ohh, and by the way... Doing something just because it was put in front of
you *is* irresponsible. Educating people, however, is not.

Best Regards,
Jeremy

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