Password Analysis Tools

Question 1

What is a password analysis tool?

Answer 1

A tool used to test the strength of your passwords and if they are following the password policies.

Question 2

What is another name for password analysis tools?

Answer 2

Password crackers

Question 3

What does the password cracker do?

Answer 3

They use comparative analysis to break password. It systematically, continually guesses the password until it figures it out.

Question 4

What are the two best known password crackers?

Answer 4

Cain & Abel and John the Ripper

Question 5

What are the 4 methods of password cracking?

Answer 5

Password Guessing
Dictionary Attack
Brute-Force Attack
Cryptanalysis Attack

Question 6

Explain password guessing

Answer 6

You guess the password based on some known information about the user. For example, you know the users birthday or dogs name etc.

Question 7

Explain dictionary attacks

Answer 7

Uses every word and variation of that word possible; Leo, Ieo, 1eo.

Question 8

Explain brute-force attacks

Answer 8

A brute-force attack when an attacker uses a set of predefined values to attack a target and goes through them systematically from beginning to end.

Question 9

What is a cryptanalysis attack?

Answer 9

It’s comparing an encrypted password to a rainbow table.

Question 10

What is the rubber hose method?

Answer 10

When you took the rubber hose (physical violence) to a person and made them tell you their password…

Note: No longer need to know for the exam