I disagree on the issue of obsolescence. You can find this half-assed hashing on Windows 2000 machines. You might need pwdump2 or another method to get it, but its possible.
The point of the article is that is more efficient than ever to make huge lookup tables for attacking unsalted hashes. Unsalted hashes are common.
I use a similar attack on weak Lotus Notes hashes in my pen-test work. Make up the tables first and then the cracking flies.
The tables have the added virtue of reusability.
Yes, old news. No, not obsolescent.
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I'm with you on this one. We here have a good technique for efficient hashbreaking. And that is interesting.
I disagree on the issue of obsolescence. You can find this half-assed hashing on Windows 2000 machines. You might need pwdump2 or another method to get it, but its possible. The point of the article is that is more efficient than ever to make huge lookup tables for attacking unsalted hashes. Unsalted hashes are common. I use a similar attack on weak Lotus Notes hashes in my pen-test work. Make up the tables first and then the cracking flies. The tables have the added virtue of reusability. Yes, old news. No, not obsolescent.