Unix Passwd

[Laszlo Vecsey]

On Thu, 26 Dec 1996, Eric Murray wrote:

> Fyodor Yarochkin writes:
> > 
> > 
> > Anyone has any success in breaking this?
> > -f
> 
> Many people have tried breaking the cipher, I have not heard
> of anyone being successful.
> 
> There is however a number of programs that attempt a brute-force
> of passwords, the best is called 'crack' and is written by Alec Muffet.

>From Applied Cryptography (2nd edition) I got the impression that it has
been cracked. Do a netsearch for "Crypt Breakers Workbench", its a
freeware program that attempts to do just that.

- Lester