decrypting htpasswd
Mulley, Nikhil
mnikhil at corp.untd.com
Thu Jan 27 05:14:56 UTC 2005
Sorry Weiss. I have no interest in consulting you nor violating Federal law(s). ;)
Regards,
Nikhil.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com
> [mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com]On Behalf Of Benjamin J. Weiss
> Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 11:44 PM
> To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
> Subject: Re: decrypting htpasswd
>
>
> Mulley, Nikhil wrote:
>
> >[I am not talking abt Cracking..] This is however to say
> that I ensure my security and warn others abt their security as well..
> >as earlier said ..the password file has two fields...
> >Username:Password
> >the password is in DES (hashed)Encryption format..
> >so I think there is a way to Rip it with John...
> >
> >
> 1) If you intentionally acquired this file without the
> permission of the
> server's owner, you have violated federal law.
> 2) If you accidentally acquired this file and then attempt to
> crack the
> password, you have violated federal law.
>
> If you truly came upon this file accidentally and you want to
> warn the
> owners about their security, simply give them a copy of the file you
> captured and then delete it.
>
> I work for a state law-enforcement agency. If you wish assistance in
> contacting the server owners, please contact me off-list.
>
> Benjamin Weiss
>
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