THANKS [ale] Plz Help root to decrypt a user PW

[Stephan Cerruti]

Hi to All of you,
You are great, and I sincerely thank you for you participation and your answers to my
problem. I do understand how TABOO this subject could be. I am sure that you
understand the complexity of the situation.
I do not mean to tranform this list into a 2600. But for a list of friends helping
each other in anyway each of can.
My problem is still unsolved, but it is great to do not feel lonely thanks to all of
you.
i do not mind to email directlly to some of you for the respect of the list. Just let
me know to who...

THANK you again.
Stephan

Mike Smith wrote:

>         Just a note.  It might be best to email Stephan directly as we don't want
> this to turn into a 2600 or phrack mailing list.......
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ale at ale.org [mailto:owner-ale at ale.org]On Behalf Of Byron A
> Jeff
> Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 1999 1:40 PM
> To: Stephan Cerruti
> Cc: byron at cc.gatech.edu; ale at ale.org
> Subject: Re: [ale] Plz Help root to decrypt a user PW
>
> >
> > Hi
> > I know exactly what I am asking and i know this is not very right. But Let
> me
> > explain you why.
> > I thought i would be able to avoid talking about that, BUT...
> > Agnes was one of my parents, using my computer (before she died) and we
> have
> > several reasons to think that she was using the same password for
> different
> > purposes. And this is the only way that we have now to know the password
> > she was  using.
> > This why I am asking for your help. I will understand if you don't want to
> > help  me and I am sorry yo ask you that. But I need your help.
> > So please, try to understand
> > Stephan
>
> I do understand and I'm very sorry for your loss.
>
> First of all try all the very common things in her life. You'd be
> surprised how many folks use their birthday, initials, children's name's
> etc. for passwords.
>
> Then get a craker program and use it. Something like John the Ripper found
> here: http://www.openwall.com/john
>
> You'll have to download it, compile it, and read the directions, but it may
> be able to help you.
>
> But brute force or intelligent guessing are the only ways to recover
> existing passwords.
>
> I certainly hope you understand our concern about breeching security. In
> the instance of /etc/shadow it's a bit safer since only root has access to
> the /etc/shadow file. But still it's a concern.
>
> BAJ