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RE: Re: [OT] Help winternals locksmith required


  • Subject: RE: Re: [OT] Help winternals locksmith required
  • From: "UKHA" <ukha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 11:12:19 +0100
  • References: <MDAEMON-F200412271706.AA061131md50000192704@beagles-den.demon.co.uk>



On 27/12/2004 at 16:04 Ian wrote:

>Cracking can take a ridiculous amount of time, especially if you use
>reasonably strong passwords with symbols as well as alphanumerics. Not
to
>mention that I have seen a full characters set crack run for seven or
eight
>days and still not return the admin password!
>
>The emergency boot disk I posted allows you to open up the SAM, and
reset
>the password of a single user either to your choice, or to blank.
>
>It's all down to whether you just want access to the machine, or
actually
>want to know what the password was!
>
>Ian.
>

Because, as the boot bisk should tell you, if you hack the SAM you stuff
any encrypted files...
Same for ERD et al

If you simply recover the password nothing is lost...
it has nothing to do with wanting to know what it is at all

Andy





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