full-disclosure - NEW windows password encryption flaw..

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Message-ID: <1059029419.554.36.camel@bsdbox.rue.de.eds.com>
From: daniel at eds.de (Daniel Berg)
Subject: NEW windows password encryption flaw..

Thanks for the info. I would suggest you could use the cleartext
password since most people tend to reuse their passwords, which would
maybe enable you to obtain access to other software/systems the owner of
the hash has access to....

just a quick thought ...

> Windows  uses  password  hash  in  a  same  way  as  Unix uses cleartext
> password.  ...

>  So, cracking of Windows hashes gives you nothing in fact.

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