Penetration Testing: Re: Format of SAM File

[Jeffrey Walton <noloader () gmail com>]

>  Looking for a reference that describes the format of the
>  windows SAM file.
I believe OphCrack has source available over at SourceForge.

Jeff

On 7/9/09, Hernandez IV, Miguel <miguelher () utep edu> wrote:
> All,
>
>  Looking for a reference that describes the format of the windows SAM
>  file.  From what I can tell, the first column is the username and third
>  column is the password hash, but I want to know what information is
>  contained in the other columns.  Google searches on "format windows SAM
>  file", "understand windows SAM file", and other related searches have
>  proved frustrating.  I should mention that the SAM file was obtained
>  using pwdump6 in case that is relevant.  The format I am seeing is as
>  follows:
>
>  Username:number:password hash:another hash?:blank:blank:blank
>
>  Any help is much appreciated.
>
>  Miguel
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