My understanding is that the passwords are not sent in plain text but
are subjected to a one-way hash function (MD5, SHA-1 or something
similar) and then sent to the PDC. The PDC also does not store passwords
as plaintext but stores the hash. What is compared are the two hashes
and if they match, then authentication is successful.
If you want something more interesting check out Diffie Helman key
exchange, where two parties can decide on a shared secret over an
insecure connection without exchanging the password itself.
l00t3r wrote:
LC5 might do what your looking for. I know they have an option to
import network sniffer files but not sure if it will actually crack
what your looking to do. Might be worth looking into.
Ryan
On 16 Mar 2006 16:32:32 -0000, spambox@barrossecurity.com
<spambox@barrossecurity.com> wrote:
Hello list!
Sometime ago I was wondering if it is possible to
capture the authentication packets sent from a Windows Workstation to the PDC
and then crack the password. I've setup this scenario in the lab environment
and sniffer these packets, but did'n find any referece about cracking the
password.. Any one knows how the authentication works, and if it can be
broken??
best regards
Carlos Barros
http://www.barrossecurity.com/
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