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New Moxie Marlinspike Tool Cracks Crypto Passwords

Posted by samzenpus on from the noew-tool-for-the-box dept.

Gunkerty Jeb writes "Moxie Marlinspike, the security and privacy researcher known for his SSLStrip, Convergence and RedPhone tools, has released a new tool that can crack passwords used for some VPNs and wireless networks that rely on encryption using Microsoft's MS-CHAPv2 protocol. Marlinspike discussed the tool during a talk at DEF CON over the weekend, and it is available for download."

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  1. I know he's brilliant by winkydink · · Score: 4, Funny

    but whenever I read his name, my mind keeps wandering to Stephen R. Donaldson novels and off the point he's trying to make.

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    1. Re:I know he's brilliant by EdIII · · Score: 1, Funny

      I just keeping thinking it is a Ubuntu release

  2. Moxie Marlinspike by MyLongNickName · · Score: 5, Funny

    I read the headline and wondered why a crack was released for Ubuntu only and such an old version...

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