cracking a password

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my friend has challenged me to crack the password on his computer within 24hrs from now. It has 8 letters the first 5 are smack. 1 of the last 3 in an n but the position is unknown. what's my best bet for solving it.

[kerssens]

in 24 hrs you could try all combinations.

[Sponger15SB]

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meh, beat me to it

not that this wasn't obvious

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boom I got it first try smackton

[Thythe]

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in 24 hrs you could try all combinations.

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Yep, there's only 2028 combinations under the given conditions.

[ThaSaltCracka]

what did you win?

[wacki]

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in less than a minute you could try all combinations.

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FYP

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what did you win?

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access to his computer. last week prepassword his desktop was changed to tubgirl, so basically the possibilities for mayhem are endless

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FYP

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how?

[TStoneMBD]

WINNAR WINNAR CHIKIN DINNAR /images/graemlins/grin.gif /images/graemlins/grin.gif

[elwoodblues]

Are SMACK in order?

If so, the password is clearly smack n it

[brassnuts]

I once cracked a girl's password in 3 tries.

[Jeff W]

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access to his computer. last week prepassword his desktop was changed to tubgirl, so basically the possibilities for mayhem are endless

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You don't need his password to crack WinXP.

After he changes his password, use this method:

Hit F8 when you boot the comp.

Select the diagnostic/administrative option from the list of options(been awhile, not sure what exact name is).

When the login screen appears, hit Ctrl+alt+del, this will bring up a win2000 style login prompt.

For the login use Administrator or Admin if that doesn't work. Leave the password blank.

Voila, admin access to most WinXP boxes.

Also, if you need to crack a password, there are script-kiddy friendly cracking programs out there.

[Jakesta]

Except smart people like me have added an Administrator password, or disabled the admin account entirely.

[Jeff W]

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Except smart people like me have added an Administrator password, or disabled the admin account entirely.

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Yep, for guys like you we have alternate boot disks. /images/graemlins/grin.gif

[wacki]

google "brute force attack"

[Jakesta]

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Yep, for guys like you we have alternate boot disks. /images/graemlins/grin.gif

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That assumes access to the computer. It cannot be hacked remotely, because you have to insert the floppy. I am not too worried about being hacked in person. /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[blaze666]

i thought you ould only brute force .RAR's? me and my feriend fist learnt to do this in the summer of 2002, when we were 11, by going to neworder.box.sk, im not sure if they have any brute force crackers for other things.

[fluxrad]

You can brute-force anything. It's simply a question of how long it's going to take.

[Justin A]

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Except smart people like me have added an Administrator password, or disabled the admin account entirely.

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Yep, for guys like you we have alternate boot disks. /images/graemlins/grin.gif

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That assumes access to the computer. It cannot be hacked remotely, because you have to insert the floppy. I am not too worried about being hacked in person. /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

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What exactly do you think this thread is about?

[GuyOnTilt]

This would be a really short brute force.

GoT

[BusterStacks]

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Yep, for guys like you we have alternate boot disks. /images/graemlins/grin.gif

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Yep, and for guys like you we have encrypted hard drives.

[wacki]

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Yep, and for guys like you we have encrypted hard drives.

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I have:
http://www.steganos.com/

What do you use?

[BusterStacks]

Sentry 2020, although I do not currently run anything because I am lazy.