Re: Rewarding Challenge AS/400

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----- Original Message -----
From: Ed Davidson <Edavidson@primeinc.com>
To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 1999 9:04 AM
Subject: RE: Rewarding Challenge AS/400


> Doesn't this sound like an intial step to a L0phtcrack for the AS/400

it is exacly that !!!




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> From Newswire;
> * PentaSafe ( http://www.pentasafe.com )releases PS-Password
> Manager, an AS/400 password scanning utility. Using a dictionary of
> more than 124,000 words, PS-Password Manager scans an AS/400 in
> minutes and compiles a report displaying profiles of all users
> currently employing weak or easily identified passwords. PS-Password
> Manager can shut down the users, force a change of password on the
> user's next login, disable the users, or send an automatic message to
> the user explaining that the user's password is not secure. The
> utility also keeps historical records of each user's last 32
> passwords, lets administrators add custom words to the dictionary,
> creates a log file that identifies users who chronically pick weak
> passwords, and is available in English, French, and German.
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>  > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Colin Williams [mailto:Williamsc@technocrats.co.uk]
> > > Sent: Monday, September 27, 1999 5:03 AM
> > > To: 'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
> > > Subject: RE: Rewarding Challenge AS/400
> > >
> > >
> > > Haven't you just told everyone how to decrypt as400 passwords?
> > >
> > > If so, isnt that very irresponsible?
> > >
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