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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.
Dang this does bring back the memories. What was the other tool I used a lot for reversing. Something ice something... softice debugger. That was also a piece of art.
> 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?
But it's like the Elvis Presley of password crackers.
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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 inappropria…
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Yep, and the password was 'driver'.
In my school's case it was 'passwd'. No cracking needed to obtain that one though, the admin had it written on a post-it on his monitor.
I got expelled from high school because of this program. I'm a millionaire now though so shrug
I got expelled from high school because of this program. I'm a millionaire now though so shrug
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> I'm 28 ... adjunct professor ... We talk about this still. I'm a decade older, and am relieved to see this. > Hackers - the best hacking movie ever made :) Counterpoint: _Sneakers_: the thinking person's hacking movie.
I still vote for Wargames :-)