L0phtCrack (v6) Rises Again

FyreWyr writes "L0phtCrack — now 12 years old — used to be a security 'tool of choice' for black hats, pen-testers, and security auditors alike — that is, until it was sold by L0pht to @stake, then Symantec, to be released and subsequently dropped as LC 5. As an IT security consultant, I used this tool to regularly expose vulnerabilities or recover data when there were few other options available. Eventually, I let it go as tech evolved away. Now, after being returned to its original developers, version 6 was released this week with fresh features: support for 64-bit multiprocessors, (current) Unix and Windows operating systems, and a number of other features, including enhanced handling of NTLM password hashes and support for rainbow tables. Interested parties, especially consultants, will find this shiny new version sports a hefty price tag. It raises doubts in my mind whether it can effectively compete with open source alternatives that go by similar names, but as I found earlier versions so useful, its re-emergence seems worth the mention."

Comments

Re:Who remembers it?

[Ethanol-fueled]

I bet that 90% of slashdotters are still wondering what is L0phtCrack and how can you eat it.

Actually I was wondering how I could smoke it...

Re:Who remembers it?

[Anonymous Coward]

Pretty great tool, just two weeks ago I used it, once again, for more than 11 years.

Two weeks ago you used it for more than 11 years? Are you sure about that? Maybe you like to recast that sentence.

Re:Am I missing something??

[MR.Mic]

I am not exactly sure how this will help do that.

And by the way

[Master of Transhuman]

whoever gets the first clean cracked version, email me.

Should take about thirty seconds.

Re:Am I missing something??

[Zero__Kelvin]

The original author, Mudge, is not only highly technical, he is much, much, much smarter than you. He is also world famous, and it isn't cause he has a way k3w1 hax0r name. He creates tools for security professionals, and he is one of the most elite in the industry. He thinks it is useful to highly technical types and you don't. Maybe you'd like to do some serious introspection before deciding if it is you or Mudge that is missing something here?