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Message-ID: <BAY101-F449AE61D2CD484BF7D21FDCC80@phx.gbl>
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2006 19:59:23 +0000
From: "jay rubin" <cjride@...mail.com>
To: john-users@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: new at this cracker business

>From: "Frank Dittrich" <frank_dittrich@...mail.com>
>Reply-To: john-users@...ts.openwall.com
>To: john-users@...ts.openwall.com
>Subject: Re: [john-users] new at this cracker business
>Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2006 21:33:19 +0200
>
>jay rubin wrote:
>>So far 6 out of 7.  John has been running since last night.  I didn't even 
>>know I had these other passwords and of what use they are.
>
>Another effective approach against saltless password hashes
>is using precomputed rainbow tables.
>If you are prepared to immediately change the remaining
>(so far uncracked) password, just submit the hash
>here:


I just killed john after 17 hours, it was taking up all my processor time.  
Not sure what those other passwords were so I'm not sure I would want to 
change them.  Are the precomputed rainbow tables precomputed hashed 
passwords than are than compared to your hashed password?  Why would my 
password be change?


>
>http://lasecwww.epfl.ch/~oechslin/projects/ophcrack/index.php
>
>(The server might be busy from time to time,
>due to a recent article in a German "computer" magazine.)
>
>Frank
>
>
>
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