New Moxie Marlinspike Tool Cracks Crypto Passwords 71
Gunkerty Jeb writes "Moxie Marlinspike, the security and privacy researcher known for his SSLStrip, Convergence and RedPhone tools, has released a new tool that can crack passwords used for some VPNs and wireless networks that rely on encryption using Microsoft's MS-CHAPv2 protocol. Marlinspike discussed the tool during a talk at DEF CON over the weekend, and it is available for download."
I know he's brilliant (Score:5, Funny)
but whenever I read his name, my mind keeps wandering to Stephen R. Donaldson novels and off the point he's trying to make.
Moxie Marlinspike (Score:5, Funny)
I read the headline and wondered why a crack was released for Ubuntu only and such an old version...
Re:I know he's brilliant (Score:2, Funny)
I just keeping thinking it is a Ubuntu release