Penetration Testing: RE: Where are Windows "Enforce password history" passwords stored?

["Steve A" <pen.test.mail () logicallysecure org>]

CG

I asked the same question of NT4 a few years ago on the NTBugtraq list. Russ
did a good summary here
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/ntbugtraq/2003-q3/0033.html.

Steve Armstrong

Steve @ logicallysecure.org

-----Original Message-----
From: Charles Gillman [mailto:charles.gillman () gmail com] 
Sent: 29 August 2005 02:14
To: pen-test () securityfocus com
Subject: Where are Windows "Enforce password history" passwords stored?


Can anyone tell me where the "remembered" passwords are stored when the
"Enforce password history" is set in Group Policy?

If this setting is set to its maximum value of 24 then I would expect 24
password hashes are stored for each account for the setting to work.  But
where?

More importantly are there any tools/techniques for accessing the
"remembered" passwords?

Thanks
CG