chapter 19 labs

19-3

 

This was an inclass project. We disconnected our computers from the college network and added them to a switch in the classroom. We then had to download Advanced Port scanner. I accidently downloaded another program that opened another port. Most everyone had 8 ports open I had 9. We then opened a telnet port. We had to make sure that we disabled our firewall and we pinged everyones computer with the Ping command through the CLI. Ones we did that we were able to see which ports were open on all the other computers.

 

19-4

For this activitie I used my administrator account to create a standard user account. I was unable to create another account, open a file located in my administrator account, or load a program from my standard account without putting in my administrator account and password.

Real Problem 19-2

Ophcrack

•  Runs on Windows, Linux/Unix, Mac OS X, ...
• Free
• » Cracks LM and NTLM hashes.
• » Free tables available for Windows XP and Vista.
• » Brute-force module for simple passwords.
• » Audit mode and CSV export.
• » Real-time graphs to analyze the passwords.
• » LiveCD available to simplify the cracking.
• » Loads hashes from encrypted SAM recovered from a Windows partition, Vista included.
• » Free and open source software (GPL).

active password changer

Active@ Password Changer is designed for resetting local administrator and user passwords on Windows XP / VISTA / 2008 / 2003 / 2000 & Windows 7 systems in case an Administrator's password is forgotten or lost. You do not need to re-install and re-configure the operating system.

Has a simple user interface

• Supports multiple hard disk drives
• 39.99 to 1499.00 depending on the type of license
• Detects several SAM databases (if multiple OS were installed on one volume) and provides the opportunity to pick the right SAM before starting the password recovery process.
• It displays a list of all local users.
• The software user simply chooses the local user from the list to reset the password.
• Other Windows login security restrictions like 'Account is disabled', 'Password never expires', 'Disable Force Smart Card Login', 'Account is locked out', 'User Must Change Password at Next Logon' and 'Logon Hours' can be changed or reset.
• With Active@ Password Changer you can log in as a particular user with a blank password.

Windows Password Reset

• $49.99
• Burn bootable CD/DVD or USB flash drive to reset Windows domain password and local password
• Reset Windows local password and domain administrator password with easy.
• Compatible with all Windows versions like Windows 7, Vista, XP, 2000 and Windows Server 2008(R2), 2003(R2)

I would rather chose the freeware because it is free and supports the operating system I work with.