Audit mode and CSV export. Real-time graphs to analyze the passwords. Live CD available to simplify the cracking. Dumps and loads hashes from encrypted SAM recovered from a Windows partition. Free and open source software (GPL). Conclusion: These common passwords give us an idea of what the typical user's creativity is towards forming a password. Given that these common passwords only make up less than .5% of the passwords used in the pool of stolen passwords, we cannot assume too much, but one can consider that the majority of users use passwords with the same elements as those mentioned above. The most important thing to keep in mind about passwords is that the typical user uses a password that will be easily remembered, thus one that almost always includes a real word of some sort. Viva Questions: What is password cracking? How many tools are there for password cracking? References: William Stallings, and Network Security: Principles and Practice”, “Cryptography Pearson education, edition. Bernard Menezes, Cengage Learning, Second “Network Security and Cryptography”, Edition. Behrouz A Forouzan, Debdeep Mukhopadhyay, and Network “Cryptography Tata McGraw Hill, Second edition Security”, Behrouz A. Forouzan, Tata McGraw Hill. and Network Security”, “Cryptography Charles P. Pfleeger, Pearson Education. in Computing”, “Security
Audit mode and CSV export. Real-time graphs to analyze the passwords. Live CD available to simplify the cracking. Dumps and loads hashes from encrypted SAM recovered from a Windows partition. Free and open source software (GPL). Conclusion: These common passwords give us an idea of what the typical user's creativity is towards forming a password. Given that these common passwords only make up less than .5% of the passwords used in the pool of stolen passwords, we cannot assume too much, but one can consider that the majority of users use passwords with the same elements as those mentioned above. The most important thing to keep in mind about passwords is that the typical user uses a password that will be easily remembered, thus one that almost always includes a real word of some sort. Viva Questions: What is password cracking? How many tools are there for password cracking? References: William Stallings, “Cryptography and Network Security: Principles and Practice”, Pearson education, edition. Bernard Menezes, “Network Security and Cryptography”, Cengage Learning, Second Edition. Behrouz A Forouzan, Debdeep Mukhopadhyay, “Cryptography and Network Security”, Tata McGraw Hill, Second edition Behrouz A. Forouzan, “Cryptography and Network Security”, Tata McGraw Hill. Charles P. Pfleeger, “Security in Computing”, Pearson Education.