Advanced NT Security Explorer 2.0 for Windows NT/2000/XP.Advanced NT Security Explorer (ANTExp) is a password security test tool to allow NT/2000/XP systems administrators to identify and close security holes in their networks. Comment: Password hacking See hack and hacker. is one of the top ten most critical Network security threats. More often, users like to use simple and easy-to-remember passwords such as repeating characters, simple words, and names. In addition, network administrators may be too lax LAX - LAnguage eXample. A toy language used to illustrate compiler design. ["Compiler Construction", W.M. Waite et al, Springer 1984]. or overworked to purge To eliminate or delete. terminated employees from the system, force people to change passwords often or lock out users after a number of failed attempts. Advanced NT Security Explorer helps secure networks by executing a comprehensive audit of account passwords and exposing all insecure in·se·cure adj. 1. Lacking emotional stability; not well-adjusted. 2. Lacking self-confidence; plagued by anxiety. in account passwords. An administrator can also use it to recover any lost password so as to access a user's Windows account. Advanced NT Security Explorer works by analysing user password hashes and recovering plain-text passwords. If it is possible to recover the password within a reasonable time, the password is considered insecure. It can also access a computer's hard drive from other computer in the network, and attempt to hack into it for passwords. By copying the SAM registry The configuration database in all 32-bit versions of Windows that contains settings for the hardware and software in the PC it is installed in. The Registry is made up of the SYSTEM.DAT and USER.DAT files. Many settings previously stored in the WIN.INI and SYSTEM. key, where password hashes are stored, passwords can be accessed by Advanced NT Security Explorer. www.elcomsoft.com |
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