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Re: Wow! (Reply to this comment)
by nish30
hello sir i am comp sc. engg student &is been challenged by another mech engg student if i could break his administrator password.could u please help by discribing swaping method using cmd.exe step by step.&where i would get the logon screensaver&where i would substitute with that script.i would be very greatfull to u if u describe me this.......or it would be samefull to me as a comp sc. stud i could not do it.
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Oct 12 '06
3:48 pm PDT
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Re: Wow! (Reply to this comment)
by nish30
hello sir i am comp sc. engg student &is been challenged by another mech engg student if i could break his administrator password.could u please help by discribing swaping method using cmd.exe step by step.&where i would get the logon screensaver&where i would substitute with that script.i would be very greatfull to u if u describe me this.......or it would be samefull to me as a comp sc. stud i could not do it.
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Oct 12 '06
3:45 pm PDT
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Help Me Please (Reply to this comment)
by jasonmcbride
Is there anyone out there who could find it in there heart to explain the screensaver (dirty trick) to me in dumbhead detail - step by step?
any help would be much appreciated, (I am running Windows NT)
Kind Regards
Jason McBride
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Mar 10 '03
6:18 pm PST
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Re: Refreshing Change... (Reply to this comment)
by psykosis_fc
uh oh...i shudder to think of our 29th trolling the alt.2600 newsgroups and actually understanding what's posted.... <sigh>
The usual great article Pete
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Jan 04 '01
12:17 pm PST
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Wow! (Reply to this comment)
by gordell
Very impressive! I especially enjoyed the cmd.exe screensaver swap method.
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Oct 24 '00
11:34 am PDT
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Your perceptive and inteeresting review.. (Reply to this comment)
by NFP
..only highlights my bemusement at the insistence of my company's MIS managers that we all work in NT on our company laptops for security purposes. Between having to navigate two sets of passwords they have installed, and the long boot-up time of NT, it's all a pain in the kiester which clearly is useless if the laptop ends up in the hands of someone who knows how to break the admin code. Excellent review.
nick
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Sep 27 '00
2:13 pm PDT
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Yeah, you can beat l0pht too... (Reply to this comment)
by digitalv
Easiest way to secure your NT system from the outside world: Block port 128.
Port 128 is the NetBIOS port, which is what Windows uses to communicate with other Windows machines. If port 128 is blocked, you can't log in remotely, you can't access the registry, you really can't do much of anything.
Grab BlackICE Defender from www.networkice.com. It's only $40, and worth it. BlackICE will shut off unnecessary ports to prevent intrusions. Want to do a little experiment? Install BlackICE on a computer that's permanently connected to the Internet (dedicated tier, DSL, or Cable). Come back in an hour and view the activity list - you'll see a list of people who tried to gain access to your machine, port scanned, etc.
Additionally, nothing beats creating an access list in the router. Cisco's web site has instructions on how to do this. I would imagine that other router manufacturers also have a similar set of instructions on securing your network.
Well-written article - rock on :)
*Ron
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Sep 10 '00
12:32 pm PDT
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WOW!!! (Reply to this comment)
by alex39
Beautifully Written...I felt I was reading the script for a new made for PC movie.
Ale39
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Sep 10 '00
8:35 am PDT
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Awesome Epinion (Reply to this comment)
by WildBillm
I am currently a system admin for a company, and I love to read epinions and articles like this to see what I know. And I didn't do too bad, there was one technique you wrote about that I was familar with.
Thanks,
WildBillM
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Aug 31 '00
3:07 pm PDT
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WOW. (Reply to this comment)
by IntegraRacer
for legitimate reasons only, i am genuinely interested in this topic. But i think i'd have to print out the review to actually take it to work and protect my NT workstation... =P great review.
willis
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Aug 22 '00
1:20 am PDT
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Unfortunately... (Reply to this comment)
by gym-378
Most of this made sense to me and made me think twice about some of the vulnerabilities of my NT boxes.
Thanks for the heads up and the resources to do some testing!
As always...incredibly helpful information!
Sean
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Aug 20 '00
9:43 pm PDT
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given I have NT 5.0 (Reply to this comment)
by roarhowl
installed at home, this was a wonderful article. Especially since I have three little ones that never seem to stop amazing me at their skill. I know that if I forget and step away from the computer while logged in under admin and also forget to lock the computer, that one of my little geniuses will find a way to change my password so that the next time I log on and want admin access, which is quite often, that I won't be able to get in. Thanks to your article I won't have to worry much about that. Have a great day.
RH
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Aug 15 '00
10:05 am PDT
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Whew! Way over my head, but an interesting read. (Reply to this comment)
by MARIEROY
WIll copy this a pass it along to my son who is Systems Admin out in Arizona.
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Aug 15 '00
6:56 am PDT
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What about Windows 2000? (Reply to this comment)
by nkoz
All it does not work in Windows 2000.
How I can get files encrypted by user who
was deleted?
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Aug 13 '00
11:49 pm PDT
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Thanks for the info! (Reply to this comment)
by tamik98
We just installed Windows 2000 NT a few months ago at work-after we had Exchange set up we had numerous password problems.
I'm not sure I could do some of the things you suggested but the "hacker" site is a definite possibilty!
Tammy
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Aug 12 '00
1:28 pm PDT
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A silly situation - but it does happen (Reply to this comment)
by wgrace
I went on a call once to an office, presumably because a single PC was crashing. Turned out that the whole office was infected with a macro virus. The key was getting into their NT terminal server and fiddling with the server virus protection. Of course, no one there knew the password for the admin account. Fortunately, I got someone about 2 hours later who knew the password, but it just goes to show that the bit about "the only user knowing the password is on vacation" does happen.
Excellent article!!!! Too bad the best I can give is a HR.
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Aug 12 '00
5:37 am PDT
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GREAT JOB! (Reply to this comment)
by macndeb
Peter,
Great helpful and informative review.Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us.
Debbie
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Aug 12 '00
4:40 am PDT
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Excellent! (Reply to this comment)
by chaissja
I couldn't have said it better!
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Aug 11 '00
11:57 pm PDT
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Re: Over my head (Reply to this comment)
by Tamara99
How many people forget their password AND are admins?
You'd be amazed. I've worked in two different industries that require a simple four digit code for the product we sold.....and for over ten years, on a daily basis, I reset password after password after password.
If people can't remember 4 digits which are normally something familiar to them, you KNOW they aren't memorizing a random selection of ASCII characters 12 digits long.
One company I worked for upgraded to NT. The admin didn't know how to change user passwords.
Another company I worked for had 100% turnover in the IS dept one day. New admins, no passwords. Hmmmmm.
T99
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Aug 11 '00
3:29 am PDT
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Re: Over my head (Reply to this comment)
by winewinn
<<yes, I know, this makes sense only for a small group of people.
How many people forget their password AND are admins?
But for those in the situation, it hopefully is extremely useful.
Peter >>
You wouldn't believe how often we've done this at home... Mr. Hubby Server Man reinstalled three times! Now I can at least show him something, or maybe no... Hmmm... no more of him teasingly hiding the password from me. <evil grin> I can now figure it out myself.
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Aug 10 '00
9:09 pm PDT
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Whoa (Reply to this comment)
by grandgram
You lost me on this one. LOL It's way beyond my meager computer knowledge. I tried though but got lost. Real honesty here. Loved it anyway.
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Aug 10 '00
5:57 pm PDT
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Re: Over my head (Reply to this comment)
by ptiemann
yes, I know, this makes sense only for a small group of people.
How many people forget their password AND are admins?
But for those in the situation, it hopefully is extremely useful.
Peter
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Aug 10 '00
4:53 pm PDT
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Very good info! (Reply to this comment)
by Ascholten
very good info there. These pinheads at work have NO concept about security and think I am full of it when I try to remind them about how vulnerable the network really is. I think im going to E mail them all their passwords just as an example of WHY they should straighten out their act.
If I can do this, maybe they will open their eyes and finally realize that ANYONE can do it.
thanks for the writeup.
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Aug 10 '00
3:09 pm PDT
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huh? (Reply to this comment)
by jankp
What do you mean by a *strong* password? Yours was even cracked and it was German and a dozen letters. Maybe you meant a made-up word of small and capital letters like dIgeSTatIoNs?? :-)
Jan
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Aug 10 '00
3:00 pm PDT
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Over my head (Reply to this comment)
by st3on1ey1baby
Wow Peter! This is great info, but I'm afraid I don't understand half of it. Oh well, I'm printing out a copy of it so I can start hacking.
Tammy
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Aug 10 '00
10:01 am PDT
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Wow (Reply to this comment)
by anthonyk
Wow, you're getting a little technical on me but I printed your instructions in case I should need to use them at work in the future.
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Aug 10 '00
1:58 am PDT
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Re: Refreshing Change... (Reply to this comment)
by ptiemann
thanks, Jim, that was nice to read!
Peter
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Aug 10 '00
1:04 am PDT
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Refreshing Change... (Reply to this comment)
by 29th_Candidate
I've been visiting l0pht Industries, 2600, etc., for years... These guys are to the computer industry, what hotrodders were to Detroit in the 1940s, (I.E., the infinitely more mechanically skillful & adept hobbyists and motorheads, who had their secrets stolen, and credit taken, by Detroit's corporate fatcats; whose only real passion was to line their own wallets...) It's about time someone gave the "enthusiasts" some of the credit and exposure they deserve...
Best,
Jim
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Aug 10 '00
12:59 am PDT
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I will admit I am quite with it when it comes to really technical computer stuff (Reply to this comment)
by plaything
so some of the instructions would probably looose me along the way, but you did a good job laying it all out. It is really scary to know that almost anything like a password can be gotten one way or another, by someone. I am sure your epinion will come in handy for someone :*) Cassandra
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Aug 10 '00
12:45 am PDT
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Excellent (Reply to this comment)
by RuleOf72
This is really useful for those of us who are just competent enough to get ourselves into trouble, and not quite competent enough to get ourselves out. Thanks.
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Aug 10 '00
12:38 am PDT
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