full-disclosure - NEW windows password encryption flaw..

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Message-ID: <1058982530.2790.11.camel@el-cap>
From: DARREN.L.BENNETT at saic.com (Darren Bennett)
Subject: NEW windows password encryption flaw..

Is this new? I read about it on slashdot...

http://lasecpc13.epfl.ch/ntcrack/

Basically, it seems that Microsoft has (yet again) screwed up the
implementation of their encryption scheme. This makes cracking any hash
a matter of seconds. Oops... 
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Darren Bennett 
CISSP, Certified Unix Admin., MCSE, MCSA, MCP +I
Sr. Systems Administrator/Manager
Science Applications International Corporation
Advanced Systems Development and Integration
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