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Whats with Windows 95 and Netware passwords?

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Whats with Windows 95 and Netware passwords?

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Windows 95 has its own password file, and uses this file to store passwords to Windows 95 itself as well as Netware and NT servers. The problem here is that the PWL file is easily cracked by brute force, by using exploit code readily available on the Internet. To keep this from happening either Service Pack 1 should be applied (see Microsoft) or disable password caching. But you can still access the WIN386.SWP file. Either using a disk utility like DiskEdit from Norton or by booting from DOS, you can access the swap file and scan it for the password in plaintext. Look for a string like nwcs and the password will follow that.

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