Password cracking in itself has always been legal AFAIK.
Using password crackers to crack other peoples systems without permission (ie. illegally obtaining access) is definitely illegal. There are legitimate uses for tools like djohn, eg. for security testing, for data recovery, etc. On 1/4/07, Jose Luis Rivas Contreras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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