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If you allow applications to save your passwords, anyone with physical access to your PC can decode them unless you're properly encrypting them—and chances are pretty good you're not. Let's walk through the right and wrong ways to store your passwords.

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29-02-2008 Comment découvrir les mots de passe de Microsoft Windows Vista/XP/2000/2003 en une minute ? * Prérequis : a) Avoir accès physiquement à la machine (PC ou serveur) b) Etre en possession du DVD Windows Vista, quelque soit la version Remarque : aucun nom d'utilisateur et de mot de passe ne seront demandés * Phase 1 – Démarrer depuis le DVD Démarrer l'installation de Windows Vista depuis le DVD (selon le BIOS de votre machine, vous devrez appuyer sur une touche pour démarrer depuis le DVD)

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PassKool is a deterministic password generator. It tries to generate passwords that more or less sound like English. As PassKool generator is deterministic, identical inputs will give the same password. The security here relies on a secret passphrase used to generate the final password. A passphrase is usually easier to remember than a cryptic password. If you happen to forget the password, you can still retrieve it using PassKool. PassKool can also create deterministic password with random content. This may sound contradictory but the deterministic parameter is the seed used for the random generator. Here's a short example for a "root" account on some Unix/Linux box. By default, the password has a length of 12 characters. python passkool.py "root" "top secret phrase" ---> Generated password : quencatithro If you call this command again, you will find the same password.

Automatically generates per-site passwords if you prefix your password with @@ or press F2 beforehand. Prevents JavaScript from reading your password as it is typed. The same password will be generated at each subdomain: a.example.com matches...

To log onto a wireless router and think maybe the owner never changed the default, check out the router default password list to find the factory password for the router's model.

Network and Wireless Router Passwords__Captures the passwords that pass through your network adapter, and displays them. SniffPass reveals passwords for POP3, IMAP4, SMTP, FTP, and HTTP (basic authentication passwords).

Doesnt require an install which makes it more suitable for a USB Utility key. Has a ton of other useful tools for password recovery and all around trickery. They also have an IE protected storage password viewer, outlook password viewer among others.

When you've saved a password in your FTP software, IM client, or any other application that boasts a password field filled with asterisks, you want a password reveal utility.

Security companies and IT people constantly tells us that we should use complex and difficult passwords. This is bad advice, because you can actually make usable, easy to remember and highly secure passwords. In fact, usable passwords are often far better than complex ones. So let's dive into the world of passwords, and look at what makes a password secure in practical terms.