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Re: password cracking: one char at a time.

Subject: Re: password cracking: one char at a time.
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 11:14:19 -0800
For systems that store md5 or SHA1 hashes of password, this might not
be possible, cause a change in single character changes the whole
hash.

On 11/21/05, michael young <mhyoung@valdosta.edu> wrote:
Hi all,
    I was wondering if is at all possible to discover a password one
char at a time.
Normally, you either get the password right or wrong (all or nothing).
Does anyone know if this can be done? Does it depend on the encryption
algorithm
used to encrypt the password? Is that a difference for 1 and/or 2 way
passwords?

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