PASSWORD GUESSING

[John F. Haugh II]

In article <3638 at uokmax.UUCP> jeffm at uokmax.UUCP (Jeff Medcalf) writes:

I wrote: 

>>I'd say its a virtual certainty any good programmer could break that
>>system in a very small amount of time.

>The problem is that you assume that you KNOW that this is the scheme
>being used.  In actuality, a true password breaking program would
>require checking:

He said this was the system being used.  Any information regarding
character set, word selection, etc. increases the ease with which
a password can be cracked.
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