From: Michael Hendrickx (Michael.Hendrickx@du.ae)
Date: Mon Mar 05 2007 - 01:42:40 EST
Dear,
MD4 is a one way hash, though cryptographic collisions are found against
it, the clear text password cannot be derived straight away, unless a
brute force attack is performed against the hashes.
Thanks,
Michael Hendrickx
Senior Applications & Systems Analyst - Enterprise IT Security
Technology security & Risk Management
Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company, PJSC
P.O. Box 502666, Dubai, U.A.E.
Tel (Dir) : +971 4 3693919
Fax : +971 4 3604414
www.du.ae
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From: listbounce@securityfocus.com [mailto:listbounce@securityfocus.com]
On Behalf Of Matthew Webster
Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2007 12:12 AM
To: pen-test
Subject: Windows XP salted hashed verification of domain passwords
Folks,
For domain accounts, the passwords are not kept on a system. The
verification is salted and hashed with md4 twice. I am trying to assess
the following risks. 1) What is the danger that that verification could
be misused on another system? 2) From that salted, hashed verification,
can the password be derived? How likely is this?
Also, how would one perform a pen test against those salted, hashed
verifications? Lets assume in the registry no one was ignorant enough
to put the registry key which provides the password.
Thanks,
Matt
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