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lotusleaf
March 1st, 2006, 01:04 AM
"John the Ripper 1.7, by Solar Designer" (http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/388)
"Federico Biancuzzi interviews Solar Designer, creator of the popular John the Ripper password cracker. Solar Designer discusses what's new in version 1.7, the advantages of popular cryptographic hashes, the relative speed at which many passwords can now be cracked, and how one can choose strong passphrases (forget passwords) that are harder to break."

Download it here (http://www.openwall.com/john/)

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