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Father of Unix Ken Thompson checkmated: Old eight-char password is finally cracked

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Re: DES

I had occasion to crack the root password on an ancient SGI Indigo Irix system several years back.

Logged in on a demo account, grabbed the /etc/passwd file, moved the appropriate line to my PC, and

John the Ripper produced the correct root password in less than the amount of time it took me to get a cup of coffee.

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