New tool: Oracle Password Checker

From: ak@red-database-security.com
Date: Tue Aug 23 2005 - 08:18:22 EDT

('binary' encoding is not supported, stored as-is) Hello

We have implemented a free dictionary based Oracle password checker for Oracle databases called checkpwd. This is a useful and fast tool (150.000 pw/sec) for DBAs to identify Oracle accounts with weak or default passwords.

Details & Download
http://www.red-database-security.com/software/checkpwd.html

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Usage with Oracle database connect (requires installed Oracle client)

C:\>checkpwd system/dbpw@database password_list.txt

Checkpwd 1.00 - (c) 2005 by Red-Database-Security GmbH

initializing Oracle client library
connecting to the database
retrieving users and password hash values
opening weak password list file
reading weak passwords list
checking passwords
SYSTEM OK
SYS OK
MGMT_VIEW OK
DBSNMP OK
SYSMAN OK
KORNBRUST OK
INTERNET_APPSERVER_REGISTRY has weak password INTERNET_APPSERVER_REGISTRY
WIRELESS has weak password WIRELESS
PORTAL_APP has weak password PORTAL
PORTAL_PUBLIC has weak password PORTAL
WCRSYS has weak password WCRSYS
UDDISYS has weak password UDDISYS

Done. Summary:
Passwords checked : 13230016
Weak passwords found : 6
Elapsed time (min:sec) : 1:42
Passwords / second : 138152

 

Usage standalone

c:\>checkpwd SCOTT:F894844C34402B67 default_passwords.txt
Checkpwd 1.00 - (c) 2005 by Red-Database-Security GmbH

opening weak password list file
reading weak passwords list
checking passwords
SCOTT has weak password TIGER

Done. Summary:
Passwords checked : 595
Weak passwords found : 1
Elapsed time (min:sec) : 0:0
Passwords / second : 595
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Regards

 Alexander Kornbrust
 ak at red-database-security.com
  
 Red-Database-Security GmbH
 http://www.red-database-security.com
 

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