If you missed November's meeting of the IT Professionals Group at ITT Tech, you missed some important security information. Mr. Johnson demonstrated a very simple bootable program called Ophcrack. Ophcrack is a free Windows password cracker based on rainbow tables. This little open source program was able to crack the complex password #Dell2009# in only 12 minutes. We had underestimated the program it seems when we decided to leave it running while we went out for pizza (provided once again by the school). We all suspected it would upwards of 30 minutes to complete and were rather nervous about the security of our passwords after that.
Continuing the tradition of fabulous door prizes, Dave Cannon won a 16GB flash drive. What might you win next time?
Pizza, prizes, and knowledge...what more could you ask for? We look forward to seeing you for the next meeting on December 19th!
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