312-50V11 · Question #905
Which of the following are well known password-cracking programs?
The correct answer is A. L0phtcrack E. John the Ripper. L0phtcrack and John the Ripper are both well-established password-cracking tools used to recover credentials through brute-force, dictionary, and hybrid attacks.
Question
Which of the following are well known password-cracking programs?
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- AL0phtcrack
- BNetCat
- CJack the Ripper
- DNetbus
- EJohn the Ripper
How the community answered
(49 responses)- A86% (42)
- B2% (1)
- C8% (4)
- D4% (2)
Why each option
L0phtcrack and John the Ripper are both well-established password-cracking tools used to recover credentials through brute-force, dictionary, and hybrid attacks.
L0phtcrack is a dedicated Windows password auditing and recovery tool that supports NTLM hash cracking using dictionary, brute-force, and hybrid methods.
NetCat (nc) is a general-purpose network utility for reading and writing raw data across TCP/UDP connections - it has no password-cracking capability.
'Jack the Ripper' is not a real cybersecurity tool - the well-known password cracker is named 'John the Ripper', making this option a fabricated distractor.
Netbus is a remote access trojan used to gain unauthorized backdoor control of Windows systems, not a password-cracking utility.
John the Ripper is a widely used open-source password cracking tool that supports hundreds of hash and cipher types across multiple platforms.
Concept tested: Identifying common password cracking tools
Source: https://www.openwall.com/john/
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