Network Solutions Crypt-PW Authentication-Scheme vulnerability

Problem: While crypt password authentication is not in and of itself very secure, Network Sulotions have made it even less so by including the first two characters of the password as the salt of the encrypted form. While the password is transmitted via a secure session, the encrypted form is...

flaw in RH ``mkpasswd'' command

Hey, The mkpasswd password generator that ships in the expect'' package of at least RedHat 6.2 generates only a relatively small number 2^15 for the default password length of passwords. Presumably this is a result of trying to apply too many rules of what is a good'' password to the generation...

PT-1998-1091 · Microsoft · Windows Nt

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Windows NT affected versions not specified Description: The issue concerns a Windows NT domain where a user or administrator account has a password that can be easily guessed. Recommendations: For all affected versions, ensure that strong,...