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  1. Google-Authenticator - Strike 2

    Google Authenticator surely is a cute thing. But my current solution isn't really matching my taste: one token for every app which makes up a total of 20 token for my daily use - about 19 token too much if you'd ask m...

  2. Google-Authenticator and SSH

    Looking at the current bugs and problems with passwords and authentification, everything is insecure - at least in theory. Believe me, as a sysadmin I have to say, "that sucks". So I decided to choose "Plan G" which i...

  3. Password recovery on a Cisco 1600

    While cleaning up my mess here, I found an old Cisco device, an old 1600 series router which I wanted to inspect before considering to throw it away. After some network magic I found the old IP I used but didn't get o...

  4. Cracking passwords - the end

    This is now the official end on cracking generated passwords here. After running for 77 days and 3 hours not even a single password was cracked. So this is the last status report: guesses: 0 time: 77:03:40:35 c/s: 971...

  5. Cracking passwords - status report

    Fifty days have passed since John The Ripper started cracking on the password file. As you can see, not even one password was guessed by now: guesses: 0 time: 50:06:35:40 c/s: 972 trying: ns4k7y Regarding my password...

  6. Cracking passwords - status report

    You remember that I have tried to crack some random passwords using John The Ripper, don't you? Well - if you don't, here's the according post. Fact is, that I'm as curious as you are about the results - that's why I...

  7. Cracking passwords - a test

    You know, I'm working as an IT administrator and I care about security. That's why I'm worrying about passwords too. So why not running some tests to see some interesting numbers? Let's get to work. Our tool of crime:...

  8. Reset a lost password

    A lost password can be a pain in the ass. Even on linux - but there are ways around it as long as the system is not crypted or other weird stuff has been done there. Here's a way getting into your system again without...

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