RE: Cisco Secret 5 and John Password Cracker

From: Pachulski, Keith (keithp@corp.ptd.net)
Date: Fri Nov 04 2005 - 09:02:01 EST


Look for a program called tomas.exe aka Too Many Secrets - this one does work for the cisco passwords.

original> -----Original Message-----
original> From: Unknown User [mailto:9nkn0wn@gmail.com]
original> Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 9:27 AM
original> To: pen-test@securityfocus.com
original> Subject: Cisco Secret 5 and John Password Cracker
original>
original>
original> Hi
original>
original> I have recovered some cisco passwords that are
original> encrypted using the
original> secret 5 format. They look like this
original>
original> $1$Wgqc$sbb8R/2rtOhc7t86J5axj.
original>
original> The question is can i simply plug this into a
original> standard unix type
original> shadow file format and use john to crack. I've tried
original> this but I'm not
original> convinced that John is actually working. Its also
original> incrediblly slow.
original> Any other tools available to crack these types of passwords.
original>
original> Thanks
original>



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