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Security tools considered harmful

Posted Feb 16, 2006 23:33 UTC (Thu) by xorbe (subscriber, #3165)
In reply to: Security tools considered harmful by The_Flatlander
Parent article: Cracking Passwords with John the Ripper

And we all know that someone that knows how to download JohnTR and compile it and use it successfully, will be completely stumped by a proxy filter...


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Security tools considered harmful

Posted Feb 18, 2006 19:39 UTC (Sat) by erwbgy (subscriber, #4104) [Link]

Indeed. Adding a few question marks on to the end of the URL often fools
them.

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