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L0phtCrack Is Now Open Source

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Re: L0phtCrack Is Now Open Source

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Post by thricegr8 »

rhexs wrote: post #4
mydeskistoosm wrote: post #2

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.

Human, I'm 28, been in InfoSec for ~10 years. Granted, I was lucky enough to be interested in and peruse this as a professional branch when I graduated college in 2016. I am also an adjunct professor at my local university, where I make it a salient point to remind my students of the history of hacking. We talk about this still.

I also start every semester off with the opening scene of Hackers - the best hacking movie ever made :)

Re: L0phtCrack Is Now Open Source

#42

Post by jeppesen-io »

someperson wrote: post #33
300bps wrote: post #32

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.

Ideally so, but if you've never of heard of this tool, you need to expand your news sources for many reasons. This is just a symptom

Re: L0phtCrack Is Now Open Source

#43

Post by passwordreset »

I remember that the binary for L0phtCrack had some sort of software protection included with it, and it took a 1-bit change to be cracked, itself -- a 0x74 to 0x75, iirc (or 0x74 to 0xEB if you're a stickler for doing it right). I don't remember exactly what the protection was, maybe there was some sort of password count limit or time limit. It was a long time ago. I just remember being a little disappointed that it was that easy.

Re: L0phtCrack Is Now Open Source

#44

Post by selcuka »

jeppesen-io wrote: post #42
someperson wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Ideally so, but if you've never of heard of this tool, you need to expand your news sources for many reasons. This is just a symptom

This is assuming that everybody has an interest in cybersecurity. I can come up with equally well known (in specific circles) tools that you may not have heard of.

Re: L0phtCrack Is Now Open Source

#45

Post by loxias »

throwaway984393 wrote: post #17

_ _ ((___)) [ x x ] __________________________ \ / _ _/ Thanx DilDog!! \ (' ') \__________________________/ (U)

If yoU were a teenager at the right time, the L0pht, et al. were crUcial in nUdging the next decades of yoUr life.

I'm sUre I'm not alone in having fond memories seeing this. :)

PS: (2 decades since Boston madness!)

Re: L0phtCrack Is Now Open Source

#46

Post by atatatat »

passwordreset wrote: post #43

I remember that the binary for L0phtCrack had some sort of software protection included with it, and it took a 1-bit change to be cracked, itself -- a 0x74 to 0x75, iirc (or 0x74 to 0xEB if you're a stickler for doing it right). I don't remember exactly what the protection was, maybe there was some sort of password count limit or time limit. It was a long time ago. I just remember being a little disappointed that it…

Know your target market.

Re: L0phtCrack Is Now Open Source

#47

Post by mydeskistoosm »

jeppesen-io wrote: post #42
someperson wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Ideally so, but if you've never of heard of this tool, you need to expand your news sources for many reasons. This is just a symptom

Can you suggest some news sources?

Re: L0phtCrack Is Now Open Source

#49

Post by mydeskistoosm »

loxias wrote: post #45
throwaway984393 wrote: post #17

_ _ ((___)) [ x x ] __________________________ \ / _ _/ Thanx DilDog!! \ (' ') \__________________________/ (U)

If yoU were a teenager at the right time, the L0pht, et al. were crUcial in nUdging the next decades of yoUr life. I'm sUre I'm not alone in having fond memories seeing this. :) PS: (2 decades since Boston madness!)

you're doing something neat with your Us but I, unfortunately, came of age after lots of the cool times were over. All the hackers got jobs in industry and it feels like if I poke anything that isn't hackthebox I'll either A. have the FBI up my ass immediately or worse, B. have created a record somewhere of having committed one felony or another that will appear at an appropriate time for someone else and inappropriate time for me.
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