Hacking

[Sean Petty]

mjr at hussar.dco.dec.com (Marcus J. Ranum) writes:

> jpb at umbio.med.miami.edu (jpb) writes:
>
> >Surprise.  The technique is not to try and crack DES, but to apply the same
> >algorithm to a dictionary file, [...]
> >[...]  If you're feeling sophisticated, you maintain a
>
>       If you're feeling "sophisticated" you won't even try a dictionary
> attack. Quelle gaucherie!!
>
>       This dictionary-attack newbie stuff is about IBM-PC BBS-weenie
> level. Sure, it works, but it's nauseatingly amateurish.
               ^^^^^^^^
                       That's all that counts in that game.

Sean

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