Cisco – Cracking and Decrypting Passwords (Type 7 and Type 5)
KB ID 0000940 Problem Decrypt Type 7 Cisco Passwords The Internet is full of sites that have something like the tool below, tap your ‘encrypted’ password in and it will reveal the Cisco password. Input Type 7 Obfuscated Password: Output Plain Text Password: As you can see I’ve specifically written ‘obfuscated’ above, because the password isn’t actually encrypted at all. All that happens is the...
Hacking Wireless WEP Keys with BackTrack and Aircrack-ng
KB ID 0000633 Problem Disclaimer: This article is for educational purposes only. Having the ability to pick a lock does not make you a thief. The main thing to take away from this article is, “DONT secure your wireless network with WEP”. WEP, has been around for a long time now, its limited to an alpha numeric password, 0-9 and A-F (because its in hexadecimal), the password can be 40, 64 or 126 bits long. The flaw is, each...