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Old 03-12-2014, 08:52 AM   #16
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Default Re: Great password
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Originally Posted by markem View Post
You 'crack' them by encoding them (MD5 or SHA-1 these days) and comparing the resulting ciphertext with the stored one. This is the same way that the logon process verifies that you entered the correct password.
My guess is that he did not crack this one...
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