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    Enable safe storage of passwords in XP

    Discussion in 'Security and Anti-Virus Software' started by wearetheborg, Apr 25, 2009.

  1. wearetheborg

    wearetheborg Notebook Virtuoso

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    Passwords are hashed and the hash value stored on the computer to check against when the user logs in. We want that given a hash value h, it is prohibitively expensive to compute the original password.

    Win Xp and earlier MS versions use a weak hash function, LM hash by default.
    To disable this, follow:
    http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=299656

    LM hash:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LM_hash
     
    wearetheborg, Apr 25, 2009
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