[TUHS] Recovered /etc/passwd files
Arthur Krewat
krewat at kilonet.net
Fri Oct 11 00:05:26 AEST 2019
It's here, too:
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/10/forum-cracks-the-vintage-passwords-of-ken-thompson-and-other-unix-pioneers/
On 10/10/2019 9:57 AM, Henry Bent wrote:
> I have no opinion on the password hacking (especially since Ken seemed
> fine with it), but this is to me distasteful. The media was alerted,
> and that media was of all things The Register? It's not exactly a
> site known for its thoughtful or balanced journalism.
>
> -Henry
>
>
> On Thu, 10 Oct 2019 at 04:22, Dan Cross <crossd at gmail.com
> <mailto:crossd at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Oct 9, 2019, 1:50 AM Nigel Williams
> <nw at retrocomputingtasmania.com
> <mailto:nw at retrocomputingtasmania.com>> wrote:
>
> ken is done:
>
> ZghOT0eRm4U9s:p/q2-q4!
>
> took 4+ days on an AMD Radeon Vega64 running hashcat at about
> 930MH/s
> during that time (those familiar know the hash-rate fluctuates and
> slows down towards the end).
>
>
> This feat made it The Register:
> https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/10/09/ken_thompsons_old_unix_password_cracked/
>
> - Dan C.
>
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