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- From: aem@aberystwyth.ac.uk (Alec Muffett)
- Newsgroups: comp.sources.misc,alt.security
- Subject: v25i005: crack - The Password Cracker, version 4.0a, Part01/05
- Message-ID: <csm-v25i005=crack.171116@sparky.IMD.Sterling.COM>
- Date: 3 Nov 91 23:14:31 GMT
-
- Submitted-by: aem@aber.ac.uk (Alec David Muffett)
- Posting-number: Volume 25, Issue 5
- Archive-name: crack/part01
- Environment: UNIX
- Supersedes: crack: Volume 23, Issue 1-5
-
- This is Crack 4.0a: A new, thoroughly rethought and rewritten version of
- "The Sensible Password Cracker", by Alec D.E. Muffett.
-
- New features include:-
-
- 1) A programmable dictionary generator.
- 2) Extra flexibility in cracking GECOS based passwords
- 3) A cleaned up, slightly faster fcrypt algorithm.
- 4) Support for compressed data files.
- 5) Better (?) documentation
- 6) Neater code
- 7) Scripts to mail users whose passwords are cracked
- 8) A simpler user interface
- 9) Better portability
-
- and much more...
-
- The only function dependencies are a getopt() function and a qsort()
- function. Both of these should be supplied either with your compiler,
- or are available from the public domain (eg: the GNU project).
-
- Conditions of redistribution are listed in the LICENCE file. If you
- want to get in touch with me, my addresses are shown below, but please
- be patient 'cos I am between jobs at the moment (Oct 24th 1991) and
- I can't be everywhere...
-
- As ever, start with one of the README files, and work down from there.
-
- alec muffett
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- SNAIL: Alec Muffett, Computer Unit, Llandinam UCW, Aberystwyth, UK, SY23 3DB
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