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> L0phtCrack is a password auditing and recovery application originally produced by Mudge from L0pht Heavy Industries. It is used to test password strength and sometimes to recover lost Microsoft Windows passwords, by using dictionary, brute-force, hybrid attacks, and rainbow tables. - Wikipedia
Thanks. Wonder why they can't put a description on the GitHub page?
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Yeah, the repos don’t even have a useful README, at least to understand whatever the software does…
It’s a widely known password auditing tool that’s been around for 24 years.
Every project should have a concise (one or two sentence) description in the GitHub README and the website's homepage. Even the most well-known tools.
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Thanks. Wonder why they can't put a description on the GitHub page?
Yeah, the repos don’t even have a useful README, at least to understand whatever the software does…
Earlier quoted context omitted.
It’s a widely known password auditing tool that’s been around for 24 years.
I have been following programming and technology for decades and I had never heard of it. Every project should have a concise (one or two sentence) description in the GitHub README and the website's homepage. Even the most well-known tools.
I wonder what the reasoning for open sourcing it now. And why not from the get go instead of decades later. Licence choices are obviously up to the authors. But at this point it is more a museum relic than anything practical
> at this point it is more a museum relic than anything practical
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It’s a widely known password auditing tool that’s been around for 24 years.
I have been following programming and technology for decades and I had never heard of it. Every project should have a concise (one or two sentence) description in the GitHub README and the website's homepage. Even the most well-known tools.
Is it even really relevant anymore?
No. They seem to have been doing a few puff PR pieces recently. Can’t imagine anyone under 30 knows or cares about them. I guess their main claim to fame was being the first “hacker” group to do PR moderately well and transition into decent careers. Not really even an interesting footnote in history.
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It’s a widely known password auditing tool that’s been around for 24 years.
I have been following programming and technology for decades and I had never heard of it. Every project should have a concise (one or two sentence) description in the GitHub README and the website's homepage. Even the most well-known tools.
Nostalgia factor is kicking into high gear on this one, as I haven't thought of L0phtCrack since the early 2000s.