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Online MD5 Cracking Service

Posted by timothy on from the computable-truth-is-out-there dept.

toast writes "Did you forget your password but have your /etc/shadow? If so, this site is for you. Submit a MD5 hash and within a few days you'll have an answer. Of course, once Slashdot has its way, you'll have to wait a few years for an answer.. At least now I'll always know what f3789b3c1be47758203f9e8a4d8c6a2a means.."

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  1. Hmmmmmm by skynetos · · Score: 5, Insightful

    hmmmm I would never submit any shadow file, who knows what the admin of the site does with the results! Nick

  2. Um....couldn't you just change it yourself? by ScottGant · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If you have physical access to your computer...which you should...then of course you could just do it all by hand by booting off of a CD. Why go through all this, unless it's to do something you're not suppose to be doing.

    I don't know, what would this be usefull for? Remote admin tasks perhaps?

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  3. Re:Hmm by GodEater · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Especially since the only people who should have access to /etc/shadow should be the people with root on the box.

    Joe bloggs on his shell account isn't going to be able to get it is he ?

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  4. Re:Even worse... by schon · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If it's a production server that you can't afford to even reboot, maybe you shouldn't be giving the root password to some random website

    Yes, because knowing the password means that you automatically know the IP address too, right?

    Personally, I think it would be better if they released an app that does this.

    Yeah, a 47GB app. That'd be a snap to download.

    They're using RainbowCrack - the app is no secret.. it's the data tables that make this useful.