Password Cracking Tools: Cain & Abel and Ophcrack
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This report intends to analyse and discuss about the password cracking tools used for testing vulnerabilities in the security system. The provided case deals with a FTP Linux based server where Mr Daniel Grovoer runs a supply chain of clothing. He wants to shift his business on an online website based system. The content of the systems are uploaded by using a FTP server. The website is password protected with user authentication. The password are kept in a database that is encrypted in a ciphertext [1]. The use of password crack tools will identify the loopholes in the system so that the holes can be filled properly to make it less vulnerable to the hackers. The used tools for this password cracking is Cain & Abel and Ophcrack. These two tools are installed and tested with some password to crack.