Re: Password assessment methodology

[akshar kanak <akshar.kanak1 () gmail com>]

Hi
  I am not an expert in pentesting , i am just giving my suggestion
and i am not sure to waht extent it might be applicable .  you can try
to crack the passwords using the tools like "ophcrack"  for windows
and "john the ripper "  for linux to check for the strength of the
password . An internal survey can be conducted to check  for the
length of the password , special chars used  by the people while they
are creating any password .

you can request the people  to create dummy password and then you can
try to break it .
it will give you an insight into how people choose their password .

thanks and regards
Akshar



On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 12:16 AM, Anwar Khan <anwarrhce () gmail com> wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> Please help me on doing the password assessment in internal penetration testing.
> how you should do the password quality assessment according issaf and osstm.
>
> I have read the document of issaf and osstm but the approach to do
> that is missing in that.
>
> Please advice.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Rgds,
> Anwar
>
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