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Databases and spreadsheets

Paradox password & Borland Database Engine (BDE) password,  
 

Algorithm: proprietary (?)
Weakness: backdoor, weak algorithm
Possible attacks: universal password, password decrypting
Tip: Try following universal passwords for different Win/DOS versions: jIGGAe or nx66ppx (case sensitive)
PxUNSEC & PxDAZZ by Randy Beck
Windows 95/98/NT/2000 instantly free
A command-line utility, recovers  passwords.

See also: Ultimate Paradox Cryptoexplorer
Advanced Paradox Password Recovery

Clarion password
  Algorithm: proprietary (?)
Weakness: weak algorithm
Possible attacks: password decryption
Complexity: ?

Clapsw by Woozle 

 by Woozle 
DOS, Windows instantly free  
A command-line utility.

Operational Systems

Windows 3.11/95 password,  .pwl
  Algorithm: RC4
Weakness: Repeated usage of cipher keystream (in detail...) (подробнее)
Possible attacks: password decryption using known plaintext / exhaustive key search
Complexity: 20/232
PWL-Key v. 01.06 by Artur Ivanov
DOS, Windows few hours FASTEST free
A command-line utility, tests all posible keys and converts key to the matching passwords.

Glide  by Frank Stevenson
DOS, Windows  instantly  free, with source
A command-line utility, decrypts some of the shared resources in .pwl file, doesn't find the password.

See also:PWLHACK

Windows 95 password OSR2, Windows 98 password, .pwl
  Algorithm: RC4, MD5
Weakness: Human factor (in detail...) (подробнее)
Possible attacks: brute-force, dictionary
Complexity: 2128
PWLVIEW 1.0 by Vitas Ramanchauskas
Windows 95/98 instantly free, with source
A command-line utility, uses undocumented Windows API call, displays the password  for current logged in user on local machine

Pwlhack v. 4.10 by Hard Wisdom
DOS/Windows 150.000 pwd/sFASTEST free, with source
A command-line utility, supports brute force and dictionary attacks. Older .pwl files are also supported.

PWLVIEW 2.0 & PWLTOOL v. 6.0 by Vitas Ramanchauskas & Eugene Korolev
Windows 95/98/NT/2000 ? commercial, $40
A GUI utility, supports brute force and dictionary attacks.

Windows NT password & LanManager password, sam
  Algorithm: proprietary (LM) / MD4 (NT)
Weakness: human factor, weak hashing algorithm (in detail...) (подробнее)
Possible attacks: exhaustive key search / brute force, dictionary
Complexity: 243 (LM) / 2103 (NT)
L0phtCrack 2.52 by LHI Technologies
Windows 95/98/NT/2000 800.000 pwd/s FASTEST shareware, $100
A GUI utility, supports brute-force and dictionary attacks. Includes sniffer to hijack password hash from the network.

L0phtCrack+ 2.521 by Неизвестный Герой
Windows 95/98/NT/2000 200.000 pwd/s free
A GUI utilities, analog of L0phtCrack. Supports localized Windows NT versions.

chntpw
 ntpwd (DOS port) 		by P. Nordahl-Hagen
 by C. GRENIER
DOS / Linux - free, with source
A command-line utilities, don't crack the password but change it directly on disk.

See also: John the Ripper

UNIX password (Linux password)
  Algorithm: crypt()
Weakness: short key length, human factor
Possible attacks: exhaustive key search / brute force, dictionary
Complexity: 252
John The Ripper v. 1.6 by Solar Designer
portable 50.000 pwd/s free, with source (GNU)
A command-line utility, optimized for a lot of processors, including Pentium MMX. Provides brute-force, dictionary and rule-based attack. Supports non-standard crypt() functions, additionaly supports Windows NT LanManager hash.

Novell Netware password
  Algorithm: proprietary
Weakness: weak hashing algorithm (in detail...) (подробнее)
Possible attacks: brute force, dictionary, collision generation
Complexity: ?
Novell password generator by P. Semjanov
portable instantly free, with source
A command-line utility, generates matching password for Novell Netware 3.x-4.x given password hash (16-byte "PASSWORD" bindery property for Netware 3.x). Then you could log in (to Netware 3.x) using this simple utility

See also: Passwords from Netware Crack FAQ
Pandora project

Palm OS password
  Algorithm: proprietary (?)
Weakness: weak hashing algorithm (in detail...)
Possible attacks:
Complexity: ?
PalmCrypt by @stake Research Labs.
portable instantly free, with source
A command-line utility

Dial-up passwords

Windows 95,98 & NT dial-up password
 

Algorithm: proprietary (?)
Weakness: storing a key along with data
Possible attacks: password decryption
Complexity: 20
Dialpwd by Piafi SoftIntl
Windows 95/98/NT instantly free
A command-line utility.

PhoneBook Viewer v1.01c by completter
Windows 95/98/NT instantly free
A command-line utility.

See also: Dial-up password decryptor sample source

EDialer password
  Algorithm: proprietary (?)
Weakness: weak algorithm
Possible attacks: password decryption
Complexity: 20

EDialer password decryptor

 by Teo
Windows 95/98/NT/2000 instantly free, with source
A command-line utility.

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